Mood Disorders

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