Not sure when to keep pushing, switch antidepressants, or augment?
This course is built for the outpatient moments where depression treatment stops feeling straightforward: the diagnosis is not fully clear, the first medication is only partly helping, or the next step is starting to feel more improvised than intentional.
Managing Depression in Primary Care gives you a more organized framework for diagnosing depression accurately, choosing first-line treatment more deliberately, and knowing what to do when response is incomplete.
How this course thinks about depression management
The goal is not to memorize every antidepressant fact. The goal is to organize the problem correctly so the next decision becomes clearer.
Diagnose the right problem
Separate major depression from PDD, grief, burnout, medical contributors, and other low-mood states that can mimic depression.
Use screening without over-relying on it
Use PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 as support tools while keeping clinical judgment and differential diagnosis in charge.
Choose treatment pragmatically
Pick a first-line medication based on symptom pattern, comorbidity, and likely tolerability tradeoffs.
Interpret response correctly
Know when to optimize, switch, augment, or broaden the frame beyond routine antidepressant management.
What this helps you answer in real practice
Is this actually depression?
Clarify when the presentation fits MDD or PDD, and when grief, burnout, substance use, medications, or medical illness are driving the picture instead.
What should I start first?
Choose among first-line antidepressants more deliberately instead of defaulting to the same SSRI every time.
When do I increase the dose?
Use a practical timing rhythm for early follow-up, dose increases, and judging whether a medication has had a fair trial.
Switch or augment?
Handle no response, partial response, and ambiguous early improvement differently instead of treating all “not better” states the same.
What are my realistic augmentation options?
Think more clearly about bupropion, mirtazapine, aripiprazole, lithium, T3, modafinil, and when broader escalation makes sense.
How do I talk about this with patients?
Set expectations, preserve self-efficacy, and give patients a path forward rather than just a diagnosis and a prescription.
What using the course actually looks like
This is designed to work more like a clinical reference system than a static CME product.
Listen once, return as needed
- Full audio course available by private podcast feed or on-site streaming
- Chaptered structure so you can return to the exact section you need
- Designed for commute listening, then practical reuse later
Use the workspace like a reference hub
- Quick-answer notes organized around real clinical questions
- Expandable detail when you want more than the short version
- Direct links to the relevant PDFs and patient-facing materials
Pull tools into real visits
- Medication selection algorithm
- Titration flowchart
- Augmentation algorithm
- PHQ screening guide and differential checklist
Finish with CME
- Simple workflow for course completion and CME submission
- All compliance and submission details kept in one place
- Structured for practical use first, CME second
Examples from the depression workspace
The full course workspace includes a larger set of clinical PDFs, quick-reference tables, and patient handouts. Here are a few examples.
PHQ-9 interpretation and follow-up guide
Use when screening for depression or tracking response over time and you want a clearer way to interpret scores, assess change, and decide next steps.
Antidepressant selection algorithm
Use when you are choosing an initial medication and want a cleaner way to match symptom pattern and side-effect tradeoffs.
Titration flowchart
Use when you need a practical cadence for checking tolerability, adjusting dose, and deciding when a trial has really failed.
Behavioral activation and SSRI expectation sheets
Use when you want to extend the visit with practical, patient-facing materials that reinforce the plan between appointments.
Full course access includes the broader depression tool library, integrated with notes, audio chapters, and patient-facing materials.
Who this is for
Good fit
- Primary care clinicians managing depression longitudinally
- Psych NPs and PAs working in outpatient settings
- Prescribers who want a more organized system for non-response
- Clinicians who prefer practical structure over exhaustive academic detail
Especially useful if you’ve thought:
- “I’m not fully sure this is depression.”
- “I’m not sure whether to keep going or change course.”
- “I know the broad options, but not the cleanest sequence.”
- “I want something more practical than another lecture on SSRIs.”
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