1. Focus on MDD: Real World Perspectives for Improving Care

2. Patient Interview: Ms Stanley

3. Patient Needs

4. Collaborating With Your Patients

5. Your Patients on the Web

6. PatientsLikeMe

7. Sharing Information

8. Aggregated Data

9. Major Depressive Disorder: Community Overview

10. Symptom List

11. Symptoms Reported: Emotional, Cognitive, and Physical

12. Treatment Data Available

14. Depression in Primary Care

15. Widely Used Rating Scales

16. PHQ-9 Symptom Checklist

17. Prevalence of Depression

18. The Patient Relationship

19. DSM-5 Criteria for a Depressive Episode

20. "…depression is not a unitary disease, but rather a heterogeneous syndrome that encompasses varied, co-occurring symptoms and divergent responses to treatment." —A.T. Drysdale, et al. 2017

21. Differential Diagnosis: Psychiatric Disorders

22. Cognitive Symptoms Are Common During and Between Episodes

23. Differential Diagnosis: Medical Conditions

24. Medications That May Cause Depressive Symptoms

25. Encouraging Adherence to Treatment

26. Remission Is Critical

27. Patient Treatment Preference Predicts Symptom Outcome

28. Psychological Treatments

29. Factors to Consider When Selecting an Antidepressant

30. Faster Than We Think: Antidepressants Show Rapid Antidepressant Effects

31. Inadequate Response: Switch to Another Antidepressant or Add an Adjunctive Medication?

32. Bupropion vs SSRI in Sleepiness and Fatigue

33. SNRIs May Provide Greater Relief for Psychomotor Retardation Than SSRIs

34. Switching to Vortioxetine or Agomelatine

35. Augmentation

36. Abbreviations