A lecture about Depression and
Women was delivered by Dr Hania Jarkas ,Neurologist. It explains that
depression is the most common psychiatric disorder worldwide. It is
underdiagnosed and undertreated. Women suffer from depression twice more than men
do. Depression has severe bad impact on the patient quality of life and
mortality.
Women suffer from special types
of depression such as : depression before menses, depression during pregnancy,
postpartum depression, and depression related to menopause. Maternal depression
has multiple harmful impacts on her pregnancy, and on the offspring from
neonatal period till adolescence. Physicians from different specialities should
screen for depression. Treatment occurs through pharmacotherapy and
psychotherapy.
The Lecture took place on Wednesday 22 March 2017 at Ali
Rashed Hall , Main building ,Beirut campus
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