Conference at the University of Montpellier on the theme of depression: "From the blues to psychological disability: what's the reality?

As part of the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities, Professor Raoul Belzeaux, Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Montpellier, will be holding a conference on depression on November 17, 2022, at the Triolet campus from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

By invitation only

Depression is a frequent, severe and difficult-to-manage pathology. However, its high prevalence, aggravated by the recent context of successive health crises, raises the question of the difference between normal, adaptive reactions and psychiatric pathologies. Is it true that the French consume too many antidepressants? Is there a continuum between bouts of the blues and depressive illness? Is it a question of intensity or difference in nature? What is the true face of depression as an illness? How can it handicap patients' professional lives?

Professor Raoul Belzeaux is a psychiatrist at the Adult Psychiatry Department of Montpellier University Hospital, and a lecturer and researcher at Montpellier University (PUPH). His research focuses on mood disorders, biomarkers for diagnosing some of these disorders, epigenetics and developmental trajectories.

Registration to attend the conference is compulsory.
Registration closes on Monday, November 14, 2022.

Practical information:

Date : Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Location : Amphithéâtre 04 - Bâtiment 5 au Campus Triolet, Université de Montpellier, Pl. Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier