Treatment with Antidepressant Medication: Changing Views Over Time/Webinar by Peter Kramer, MD

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On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm PT via Zoom, Dr. Peter Kramer, professor, psychiatrist, and author presented, “Treatment with Antidepressant Medication: Changing Views Over Time” as part of the Alan Hu Foundation Mental Health Lecture Series.

Making reference to his books, Listening to Prozac, Against Depression, and Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants, Dr. Kramer discussed changing views of depression and depression treatment over the last half century. The presentation will form the basis for an extended question and answer period focused on the continuing role of serotonergic antidepressants (SSRIs) in the treatment of depression. It will include 20-25 minutes for questions and answers following Dr. Kramer’s presentation.

Xiaofang Chen, President of Alan Hu Foundation, is grateful to Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance, and individual donors whose generosity supports the series. “We are able to present leading experts in mental health with the most up-to-date research and resources. In addition, we can reach a more diverse audience with simultaneous Chinese and Spanish interpretation during live webinars”.

Peter D. Kramer, MD, is the author of eight books, including Ordinarily Well, Against Depression, the novels Spectacular Happiness and Death of the Great Man, and the international bestseller Listening to Prozac. Dr. Kramer hosted the public radio program The Infinite Mind and has appeared on the major broadcast news and talk shows, including Today, Good Morning America, Oprah, and Fresh Air. His essays and book reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Dr. Kramer is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he practiced outpatient psychiatry for over thirty-five years.

The free webinar was held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm via Zoom. It will include 20-25 minutes for questions and answers following Dr. Kramer’s presentation. The Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities at https://www.mhacc-usa.org provided simultaneous Chinese interpretation. Live Spanish interpretation was also available.

The Alan Hu Foundation was created by Xiaofang Chen and Chih-Ching Hu in memory of their son, Alan. He passed away due to mental disorders in 2018 at the age of 15. Their mission is to promote mental health, raise awareness and remove stigma surrounding psychiatric disorders, and to support fundamental research for cures. 

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