“The brain, like the heart, is an electrical organ, and there is a growing acceptance in the field that the faulty brain networks that cause depression—just like epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease—could be shifted into a healthier state by targeted stimulation,” said corresponding study author Katherine Scangos, MD, PhD, in a press release. “Prior attempts to […]
More than 10 per cent of 22-year-olds felt they had missed out on needed mental health support because of the pandemic, according to a new study. It was also observed that children and young people reported increases in symptoms of low mood and the consumption of “junk food and sweets”. This latter was more common […]
Living with depression can mean a mix of good days and bad. On good days, your mood might lift until you feel lighter, clearer, and more like yourself. On bad days, the muffling fog might return, sending your mood spiraling down and leaving you feeling slow, drained, and numb. While depression symptoms can begin to […]
The University of Michigan has approved the renaming of its depression center in recognition of the Eisenberg family, which has gifted $30 million to fund research on the disease. The UM Depression Center will be known as the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center after the UM board of regents approved the name […]
Despite its proven efficacy for unipolar depression, intermittent theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (iTBS) appears to be ineffective in alleviating symptoms of bipolar depression, new research suggests. Overall, investigators found that only 16% of participants responded to iTBS during the double-blind period of the trial, and the proportion of patients who responded to iTBS was […]
A new study from Nigeria found that depression in young patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) was linked with increasing age and education level. Led by Osita Uchenna Ezenwosu, PhD, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria, the investigative team conducted a cross-sectional study with adolescents and children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), all of […]
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental health disorder that affects more than 264 million people globally, and it disproportionately affects women. GlobalData estimates the 12-month total prevalence of MDD for this year is twice as high in women, at 10.5%, as it is in men, at 5.5%, in the eight major markets (the […]
An international panel of mood disorder experts has published guidance on how to safely and effectively use ketamine and esketamine to treat adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). "Ketamine and esketamine are the first rapid-onset treatments for adults with TRD, and there was an international need for best-practice guidance on the deft and safe implementation of […]
Children with elevated interleukin-6 (IL-6) may be at increased risk for psychosis and depression during adulthood. These findings, from a birth cohort study, were published in Schizophrenia Research. Pregnant women (N=14,541) were recruited for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALPAC) study in southwest England between 1991 and 1992. IL-6 and C-reactive protein […]
Late last year, if you happened to visit San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, you might have stumbled upon artists on six-foot-tall stilts, sharing reminders of social distancing and mask wearing. Or you might have spotted a musician strumming guitar melodies, accompanied by a woman in a butterfly costume — a “social distance butterfly” out to […]
