Lecture at the University of Montpellier on the topic of depression: “From the blues to mental disability: what is the reality?”
As part of European Disability Employment Week, Professor Raoul Belzeaux Professor University of Montpellier will give a lecture on depression on November 17, 2022, at the Triolet campus from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
By invitation only
Depression is a common, severe, and difficult-to-treat condition. However, its high prevalence—exacerbated by the recent context of successive health crises—raises the question of the difference between normal, adaptive reactions and psychiatric disorders. Is it true that French people take too many antidepressants? Is there a continuum between the occasional bout of the blues and depressive illness? Is this a matter of intensity or a difference in nature? What is the true nature of depression as a disease? How can it be a source of disability in patients’ professional lives?
Professor Raoul Belzeaux is a psychiatrist in the Adult Psychiatry Department at Montpellier University Hospital and Professor the University of Montpellier (PUPH). His research focuses on mood disorders, the potential for diagnosing certain mood disorders using biomarkers, epigenetics, and developmental trajectories.
Registration is required to attend the conference.
The registration deadline is Monday, November 14, 2022.
Practical information:
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Lecture Hall 04 – Building 5 on the Triolet Campus, University of Montpellier, Pl. Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier