A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-acting therapy that targets the area of the ...

Psychiatrist Dr. Blaise Aguirre has become an expert in self-loathing. No, it’s not because he experiences self-hatred. It’s because he has spent decades studying what he considers an epidemic of ...

Exercise, Prozac and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may ultimately relieve depression in the same way. That’s what the latest research, conducted on mice, suggests, and the scientists are encouraged ...

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions, and some people recover with medications or therapies. However ...

If confirmed, such work could pave the way for brain-based therapies that restore emotional stability without heavy ...

Goodbye Zoom therapy? A simple text exchange might be enough to help improve depression symptoms - One in five American ...

Although many therapies and medications now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients still suffer from treatment-resistant depression—a form of the disorder that does not ...

Depression, anxiety, irritability, and agitation are some of the most common mood and behavior problems that individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia experience. In this final article of our ...

Ketamine therapy can be remarkably effective for people with treatment-resistant depression.  That said, many people have first heard about ketamine in the context of its use as an anesthetic agent or ...

Menopause and Depression: What’s the Link? Hormonal changes during your menstrual cycle can be linked to an increased risk for depression. That includes the hormone fluctuations of perimenopause, ...

Researchers found that brain network patterns can predict how individuals with depression respond to traditional Chinese medicine. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe mental health disorder th ...

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