Not all doctors are able to treat depression effectively, including those who are most likely to see patients’ first symptoms.
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Talk Therapy or Antidepressant? A Brain Scan Predicts Which Works Best for Your Depression
There hasn’t been much in the way of hard science to help doctors or patients decide on the best treatments for depression — until now. For the first time, brain imaging may be able to help determine who will get better in …
‘Club Drug’ Ketamine Lifts Depression in Hours
The largest study to date confirms that ketamine — a “club drug” that is also legally used as an anesthetic — could be a quick and effective way to relieve depression.
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Antidepressants Linked To Higher Risk of Complications After Surgery
The most popular class of drugs used to treat depression, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), may increase risk of bleeding and the need for blood transfusions following operations, according a study.
It’s All in the Nerves: How to Really Treat Depression
Exercise, Prozac and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may ultimately relieve depression in the same way.
Childhood Trauma Leaves Legacy of Brain Changes
Painful experiences early in life can alter the brain in lasting ways.
Ketamine: Leading the Way Toward Fast-Acting Antidepressants
It’s an anesthetic popular with vets, but the latest studies show ketamine also shows promise as a potential antidepressant.
Ketamine for Depression: The Most Important Advance in Field in 50 Years?
In a new review in Science, the authors call the identification of the anesthetic and “club drug” ketamine as a rapid treatment for depression “arguably the most important discovery in half a century” of research on the condition
A Doctor’s Dilemma: When Crucial New-Drug Data Is Hidden
In a new book, “Bad Pharma,” British columnist Dr. Ben Goldacre lays out all the clever ways in which the pharmaceutical industry is getting bad drugs onto shelves
Prior Antidepressant Use May Affect Patients’ Response to New Drugs — and Placebo
Having previous experience with antidepressants can change a person’s future response to both medications and to placebo, according to a new study.
The Pros and Cons of Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy
Both antidepressant use and untreated depression in pregnant women may lead to risks for babies. A new study adds data to a troubling problem.
Good Grief! Psychiatry’s Struggle to Define Mental Illness Goes Awry
A proposed new definition of depression would include normal bereavement. Why that’s a bad idea.