2025 Best Practices for Mood Disorders Conference Student Scholarship Application

Scholarship Application Background

A limited number of partial scholarships are only available to third or fourth year medical students, graduate students, residents and fellows. If you are interested in receiving a 50% scholarship to attend the meeting, either in-person or virtually, submit a one to two-paragraph essay on why you are interested in attending this course and how you believe this course will help your career planning. If accepted, your registration cost will reduce from $750 to $375 per individual.

Please submit your paragraphs using this Jotform hyperlink by 11:45pm EST on September 20, 2025.

If accepted, you will receive an email with a coupon code so you may register using a 50% scholarship to attend the meeting. 

Conference Background

The National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) Best Practices for Mood Disorders in Collaboration with Mayo Clinic 2025 course is aimed at providing clinically relevant updates for the management of mood disorders and associated comorbidities across the lifespan. Topics include updates and clinical pearls on treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder, new and novel treatments for depression, and referral criteria for ketamine, TMS, ECT, and psychedelic therapy. The NNDC faculty are leaders in the field and active clinicians [psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and advanced practice providers (APRN, CNP, DNP, PA-C)], informed by new research, and committed to meet the mission of NNDC – use the power of our network to advance scientific discovery, and to provide stigma free, evidence-based care to patients with depressive and bipolar illnesses.

Target Audience
This course is designed for the many disciplines and providers including psychiatrists and primary care providers, psychologists, advanced practice providers, nurses, and pharmacists.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Analyze treatment strategies for major depression in children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Summarize treatment strategies for bipolar disorder in adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Apply best practices approaches for the treatment of depression and bipolar disorder.
• Identify when to consider a diverse set of treatment options including conventional antidepressants, augmentation strategies, psychotherapy, rapid-acting antidepressants, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and electroconvulsive therapy.
• Recognize depression treatment approaches that may differ based on additional health concerns (anxiety disorder, addiction, T2D, obesity, hormone levels).

Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.

For more details about the course, please use this link.