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Dear Healthcare Professional,

Welcome to the Cleveland Clinic Physician’s Guide to Recognition and Treatment of Depression, an information-packed tool brought to you by the Cleveland Clini’s Disease Management Project (DMP) in collaboration with BulletinHealthcare, the leading provider of medical news updates to healthcare professionals like yourself.

This guide, researched and written by a leading expert, Dr. George E. Tesar, covers a wide range of topics, from signs and symptoms of major depressive disorder to diagnostic techniques and treatments involving everything from lifestyle modification to pharmacologic therapy and more.

We hope you find the Cleveland Clinic Physician’s Guide to Recognition and Treatment of Depression to be helpful, informative, and of value in your efforts to diagnose, treat, and provide positive patient outcomes. We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this content. Please send me your comments diseasemanagement@ccf.org.

William Carey, MD
Director
Disease Management Project
Cleveland Clinic

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The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this educational activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this educational activity.