Mood Disorders

Acupuncture demonstrates consistent clinical benefit for reducing depressive symptom severity across diverse patient groups, according to a comprehensive systematic review conducted at Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine.

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New evidence from a Dutch study suggests that population density may influence how people respond to serotonergic antidepressants. Patients in quieter, less populated neighborhoods showed healthier attention patterns, raising questions about how environmental context interacts with treatment for depression.

A new study suggests nitrous oxide may offer a new treatment option for older adults with treatment-resistant depression.

Treatment with the investigational psychedelic GH001 was linked with significant improvements in TRD that persist for at least 6 months, a new phase 2b trial shows.

A large-scale analysis of U.S. mass shootings finds little support for claims that antidepressants cause violent behavior, suggesting most perpetrators were not taking psychiatric medication at the time of their attacks.

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People with depression who were more optimistic at the start of treatment—and whose optimism increased during treatment—were more likely to benefit from SSRIs, according to a recent study, raising the possibility of tailoring treatments based on psychological traits.

A University of Exeter study finds a new treatment for depression could be a "significant advance".

A new treatment for depression, Stanford neuromodulation therapy, works eight times faster than the currently approved protocol and causes remission in nearly 80 percent of patients, according to recent research.

Depression is a very complex disorder and we simply have no good evidence that antidepressants help sufferers to improve

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Despite claims that antidepressants may be just delivering a placebo effect, three-quarters of people who tried them in a large study said they helped

Brain imaging, known as functional MRI, combined with machine learning can predict a treatment response based on one's depression "biotype."

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are at the centre of a collision between social and biochemical outlooks on depression, finds Andy Extance