New Directions Support Group will present a talk, "Hope For Depression," by noted psychiatrist John P. O'Reardon, head of treatment-resistant depression at the University of Pennsylvania.
His talk will be held Saturday, June 11, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Willow Grove Giant Supermarket, 315 Old York Road, Willow Grove. Enter the supermarket on the right. Take elevator or stairs on your immediate right to the second floor classroom.
Read about O’Reardon in Psychiatric Times.
Many patients with difficult-to-treat depression in the Philadelphia area and beyond flock to his office in hopes he can resolve this difficult illness, which takes its toll on millions of families across the country, and is responsible for countless numbers of suicides.
Due to O'Reardon's training and interest in the subject, and the backing of his university, he has access to various hands-on treatments other psychiatrists do not.
He has pioneered the use of treatments such as magnetic therapy (magnets placed on patient's head), transcranial magnetic stimulation, and other state-of-the-art treatments.
He has a reputation as a man his patients love, always cheerful and optimistic. "If this doesn't work, we'll find something that will," he often says.
