Update on Depression: What an Internist Needs to Know

Dates and Times

Start: 2/25/2026 8:00 AM
End: 2/25/2026 9:00 AM

Objectives

Recognize atypical and age-specific presentations of depression in older adults, including somatic, cognitive, and behavioral manifestations that differ from classic depressive symptoms

Apply validated screening tools to assess depression severity and suicide risk in medically complex and older patients

Select and tailor depression treatments—including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options—based on comorbid medical conditions, polypharmacy, and treatment resistance.Recognize atypical and age-specific presentations of depression in older adults, including somatic, cognitive, and behavioral manifestations that differ from classic depressive symptoms

Apply validated screening tools to assess depression severity and suicide risk in medically complex and older patients

Select and tailor depression treatments—including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options—based on comorbid medical conditions, polypharmacy, and treatment resistance.

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Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.