Depression treatment is shifting, and this mushroom-derived compound is driving one of psychiatry's biggest new tests

Depression is a debilitating mental health disorder that is estimated to affect approximately 5% of people worldwide. It is ...

Targeting lost pleasure lifts depression and anxiety more than standard therapy, new study finds

Most people know depression as a disorder of sadness. But for millions of patients, the most debilitating feature is ...
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Clinical use of nitrous oxide could help treat depression, major study shows

Patients with major depressive disorder, including those who have not responded to first-line antidepressants, may benefit from short-term nitrous oxide treatment, a major meta-analysis led by the ...

ACTG Launches Landmark Study Evaluating Treatments for Depressive Disorders with or without Mild Neurocognitive Disorder among People Living with HIV

ACTG, a global clinical trials network focused on HIV and other infectious diseases, today announced the opening of study ...
Science Daily

Global study pinpoints genes for depression across ethnicities

New genetic risk factors for depression have been identified across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict risk of depression regardless of ethnicity. The ...

FDA begins push to study psychedelics for mental health disorders

The FDA announced regulatory actions Friday to support development of serotonin-2A agonists and related products, including ...
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Medical cannabis for depression? A major study finds no proof it works

The largest review of its kind found no evidence that medicinal cannabis treats depression. Researchers analyzed decades of ...
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RECOVER Clinical Study Shows Meaningful Benefits of LivaNova’s VNS Therapy System in Select Secondary Endpoints for Unipolar Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LivaNova PLC (Nasdaq: LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced that the journal Brain Stimulation has published two pivotal articles chronicling the ...