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Study answers why ketamine helps depression, offers target for safer therapy

Scientists have identified a key protein that helps trigger ketamine’s rapid anti-depressant effects in the brain, a crucial initial step to developing alternative treatments to the controversial…

Bouldering may help to treat depression

Bouldering is not only good for physical health, but mental health, too. New research has found that the sport may help to reduce symptoms of depression.

First large-scale population analysis reinforces ketamine’s reputation as antidepressant

Better known as an anesthetic or as an illicit hallucinogenic drug, ketamine has also long been noted for alleviating depression.

More than half of mental health NHS patients experience relapses

A new study has shown that approximately 53 per cent of NHS patients displayed clinical symptoms of depression and anxiety within a year after completing psychological treatments.

Research highlights need for responsible development of ketamine for severe depression

A new paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry sets out principles for responsibly testing innovative treatments for severe depression, based on treating more than 100 patients with approximately…

Depression: Finger-prick blood test predicts likely effectiveness of medication

Study shows for first time how measuring C-reactive protein in the patient’s blood can predict which medication is most likely to work for depression.

Brain scans may help clinicians choose talk therapy or medication treatment for depression

Researchers from Emory University have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is more likely to help…

Deep brain stimulation provides long-term relief from severe depressions

Treatment with deep brain stimulation can provide lasting relief to patients suffering from previously non-treatable, severe forms of depression several years into the therapy or even eliminate…

Mouse study paves way for more effective antidepressant

A new mouse study tests the effect of an enzyme inhibitor on depression-like symptoms, and finds it to act more quickly than traditional antidepressants.

Brain architecture alters to compensate for depression

A study led by Ravi Bansal, PhD, and Bradley S. Peterson, MD, of The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has found structural differences in the cerebral cortex of patients…