Package Description

This workshop will focus on recognizing significant clinical depression in older adults. Topics that will be covered include differentiating depression in late life from depression in younger adults, pharmacologic approaches to the management of late-life depression, helping older adults manage acute and chronic grief, and how to address suicidal ideation and thoughts about death in older adults. Throughout the workshop, Dr. Lehmann will provide examples of patients from her caseload over the years to help illustrate the challenges and rewards of working with older adults coping with depression and grief.

By the end of this workshop, the participant will be able to: 

• Identify three ways that late-life depression differs from depression in younger adults
• Identify three risk factors for serious depression in older adults
• Address suicidal ideation in older adults
• Distinguish between acute, chronic, and pre-death grief in older adults