Introduction Globally, more than 264 million people of all ages suffer from depression. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling chronic mental health illness. Up to two-thirds of patients with major unipolar depression will not respond to the first medication prescribed.1 In fact, an inadequate response may appear after two consecutive antidepressant treatments with adequate […]

Michael Walrond began to experience bouts of depression in his twenties. He didn’t seek help because mental illness wasn’t something people talked readily about in his community and, as a black man, he didn’t want another label. After becoming a preacher he felt that admitting his illness would show a lack of trust in God,

DALLAS – June 15, 2021 – UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care is collaborating with mental health colleagues across the country to expand detection and treatment for depression and other disorders across Texas as part of the Lone Star Depression Challenge. Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, Director of the Center for Depression Research and

The study authors said this research is the first systematic review that compares treatments for depression in those with coronary disease. A new study in Psychosomatic Medicine finds that exercise is likely the most effective option for the short-term treatment for depression among individuals with coronary heart disease versus antidepressants, psychotherapy, or more complex care.

Meryl Streep on shooting ‘The Devil Wears Prada’: I was so depressed  CNN

Many people believe World War II ended the Great Depression. Yes and No. Our industry demanded the government guarantee them significant profits if they switched to making weapons. The Federal Government would not guarantee profits. Therefore, those industries kept on producing many consumer goods including new cars throughout 1941 and into 1942. Meanwhile, Hitler’s forces

More than half of the Detroit public school students assessed in a mental health survey said they experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression and 23% seriously considered attempting suicide before the pandemic, according to a new report. Of 11,000 Detroit Public Schools Community District students who responded to a mental health assessment by the district in collaboration with a

  Pivotal Phase III trial results show Sage Therapeutics and Biogen’s investigational depression drug, zuranolone, significantly reduced depressive symptoms after two weeks of treatment compared with placebo.  The study drug is a once-daily, two-week therapy developed by Sage Therapeutics and Biogen for major depressive disorder (MDD) and postpartum depression (PPD). Investigational zuranolone is an oral neuroactive steroid GABA-A receptor

Meryl Streep’s last experience of method acting left her “so depressed”. The 71-year-old actress immersed herself in the role of Runway editor Miranda Priestly in 2006 movie ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ both on and off camera, but hated being isolated away from the rest of the cast because she could always hear them having a

Do you feel as though we’re in the middle of an epidemic of mental health disease? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone. I think that most clinicians are feeling this. And it certainly seems like the pandemic is not helping the situation. Thus, the question of how best to screen adolescents for depression