In this video, Prof. David Nutt describes the Burden of Depression in the workplace, hereunder the definition of functional depression, the impact of cognition for the recovery, cost of presenteeism and discusses why so many people with depression are not getting the adequate treatment.

Professor David Nutt

Edmond J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in the Division of Brain Sciences Imperial College London, UK.

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