Hollender Lecture in Geriatric Psychiatry 11/04 | Eric Lenze, MD

Hollender Lecture AY23


"Turning the tide on depression in older adults: new evidence for optimal management of treatment-resistant depression"

Eric J. Lenze, MD   
Wallace and Lucille K. Renard Professor and Chair of Psychiatry
Professor of Anesthesiology, Investigator Track
Washington University School of Medicine

Objectives

This presentation is designed to help the learner

  1. Describe pharmacological treatment strategies in treatment resistant depression in older adults
  2. Identify the appropriateness of use of ketamine for depression in older adults
  3. Develop treatment algorithm for treatment resistant depression in older adults

This talk is sponsored by the Hollender Lecture Fund, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This educational activity received no commercial support.