This article discusses a practical, evidence-based approach to the management of Major Depressive Disorder as it is likely to present in the real world setting.

Written by Prof Malcolm Hopwood MD, FRANZCP

Professor Malcolm Hopwood is the Ramsay Health Care Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, based at the Albert Road Clinic (ARC) in Melbourne, Australia. At the ARC he is the Director of the Professorial Psychiatry Unit, which specialises in the assessment and treatment of complex mood and anxiety disorders. His research areas of interest include psychopharmacology and clinical aspects of mood and anxiety disorders. He has also led research into psychiatric aspects of ABI and other neuropsychiatric disorders. In 2015, he became President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.