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·May 22, 2016·3 min read

Study Aims to Find Anti-Depressants That Work Faster For Patients

Researchers are testing a new method that could help find the best anti-depressants for individual patients more efficiently.

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·May 20, 2016·5 min read

What the New York Times Gets Wrong About PTSD

A new study examines how an influential news paper has portrayed PTSD since the diagnosis was added to the DSM-III in 1980 to the present day.

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·May 18, 2016·5 min read

How Depression and Antidepressant Drugs Work

A new study shows the effectiveness of ketamine in treating depression in a mouse model of the disease and also helps bring together two hypotheses for the cause of depression.

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·May 18, 2016·4 min read

Drug Used For Pain and Anxiety May Be Linked to Birth Defects

A new study reports that pregnant women who take pregabalin, a drug commonly used to treat pain and anxiety, were three times more likely to have a child with a major birth defect.

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·May 17, 2016·3 min read

Altered Purine Metabolism Linked to Depression

According to researchers, people with major depressive disorder could have altered purine metabolism.

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·May 17, 2016·6 min read

Magic Mushroom Compound May Provide New Avenues for Antidepressant Research

In a new study, researchers report on the potential for using psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound derived from magic mushrooms, for treating patients with treatment resistant depression.

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·May 16, 2016·11 min read

New Technology Senses and Stimulates Individual Brain Cells Without Invasive Electrodes

Researchers are developing new technologies that can stimulate and sense neurons in the human brain non-invasively.

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·May 16, 2016·7 min read

Small Study Reveals Raising Body Temperature Could Help Relieve Symptoms of Depression

A new reports whole body hyperthermia improved symptoms of major depression for as long as six weeks following a single treatment.

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·May 13, 2016·4 min read

Prenatal Stress Could Enhance Protective Mechanisms of Babies

Researchers report the oxytocin receptor gene is activated more easily in infants of mothers who faced maternal stress and depression.

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·May 12, 2016·5 min read

Depression is Driven by Network of Genes That Spans Brain Circuits

According to a new study, susceptibility to depression can be affected by tweaking specific gene networks.

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·May 11, 2016·3 min read

Social Objects in the Brain

A new study reports we may experience symbolic objects as social entities.

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·May 10, 2016·6 min read

Intravenous Ketamine May Rapidly Reduce Suicidal Thinking in Depressed Patients: Small Study

Repeat intravenous treatment with low doses of the anesthetic drug ketamine quickly reduced suicidal thoughts in a small group of patients with treatment-resistant depression, a new study reports.