Depression

Introduction Worldwide, psychiatric disorders including depression are among the most common forms of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) with significant etiologic factors of death, comprising 14.3% of global deaths. This is reflected in about 8 million deaths each year, with a potential life loss of a median of 10 years.1 Several recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses examined […]

For People With Dementia & Depression, Non-Drug Therapies As Good As Or Better Than Antidepressants | OPEN MINDS In people with dementia and depression, three non-drug therapies were found to be more effective than antidepressants. The three most effective non-antidepressant treatments were: massage and touch

Police searching for Georgia teen who suffers from bipolar disorder, depression A statewide Mattie’s Call has been issued for Leah Carbonneau, 16, who disappeared from her Georgia home Wednesday. Updated: 2:56 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Southeast Georgia and the low country. This is W. J. C. L. 22 morning news.

Eight years ago I tried to cook my way out of another impossible situation. My dad had been diagnosed with cancer and was struggling with chemo-induced nausea. His voracious appetite, once a thing of family lore, had vanished. With naive optimism, I loaded butter and cheese into his scrambled eggs, hoping the decadence might spark

Wen Chen,1 Mo’ez Al-Islam E Faris,2 Nicola Luigi Bragazzi,3 Haifa MS AlGahtani,4,5 Zahra Saif,6 Ahmed Jahrami,7 Nitin Shivappa,8,9 James R Hebert,8,9 Haitham Jahrami4,6 1Department of Psychiatry, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, Xiamen, 361000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah,

A couple of doses of a psychedelic drug may treat depression as well as one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, a small and short study published Wednesday shows. A Phase 2 clinical trial, conducted by researchers in London, was the first randomized trial to compare therapeutic doses of psilocybin — the psychedelic compound found

The psychedelic drug psilocybin performed just as well as a widely used antidepressant in easing the symptoms of major depression, and outperformed the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) on a range of secondary measures, results of a small-scale phase 2 study show. In a 6-week trial that included 59 patients with moderate-to-severe depression, there was

Psilocybin — “magic mushrooms” — failed to improve symptoms of depression over a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) in a 59-patient phase II trial, though the study’s leaders are not ready to give up on the hallucinogen. At 6 weeks, psilocybin did not have a significantly greater effect on symptoms of moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder

Young people — specifically those ages 18 to 24 — were mentally hit the hardest during the pandemic. (Forbes) Cruel irony: Exercise can improve mental health, yet anxiety is often a barrier to people exercising. (PLOS One) There won’t be any criminal charges in the case of an Idaho man with bipolar disorder who starved

April 14, 2021 1 min read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: Toscano reports no relevant disclosures. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive