Learning Objectives
- Learn how to accurately diagnosis depressive disorders and commonly associated psychiatric comorbidities.
- Describe how measurement based care can improve treatment adherence and clinical outcomes.
- Feel confident in following a stepped-care approach for difficult to treat depression in primary care.
- Know when and why to refer depressed patients to a mental health specialist.
Jordan Karp, MD
Dr. Karp is the Department Chair and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, and the Medical Director for Behavioral Health Technology for Banner Health. He is an expert in the fields of geriatric psychiatry, depression treatment, and suicide prevention. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dr. Karp served as a professor of psychiatry, anesthesiology and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he directed the Late-Life Depression Prevention and Treatment Research Program, served as Director of Medical Student Mental Health Services, and was program director for the geriatric psychiatry fellowship. Dr. Karp has authored more than 140 peer reviewed publications and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) since 2006.
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