People with moderate-to-severe depression saw significant improvement in their mood after electrical stimulation of a brain region called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a small study suggests. WebMD Health
Some study subjects who took ezogabine (Potiga) saw a 45 percent reduction in depression and an increase in their ability to feel pleasure, as well as an increase in resilience and the capacity to recover from extremes of trauma and stress, researchers report. WebMD Health
Swimmer Michael Phelps, who earned more gold medals than any other Olympian, has also know the depths of depression and anxiety. His mission today is to help people realize they’re not alone in their own mental health struggles. WebMD Health
Using sophisticated software, researchers scanned social media posts and detected depression months before it was apparent on clinical screening tests, according to a recent study. WebMD Health
Pregnant women’s odds of developing postpartum depression were strongly influenced by the number of daylight hours during the last month of pregnancy and immediately after delivery, a new study has found. WebMD Health
Over the last 50 years, researchers have made “transformative” advances in understanding how the brain works. But there haven’t been corresponding breakthroughs in psychiatric drugs. WebMD Health
In the study, this higher-functioning subgroup was more than four times as likely to suffer from depression, compared to people without autism. WebMD Health
Eight percent of American adults have depression, an often debilitating and sometimes fatal disease. People with major depression are 20 times more likely to attempt suicide. WebMD Health
A number of trials have tested the supplement against depression, too, but with mixed results, said Dr. Natalie Rasgon, co-senior researcher on the new study. WebMD Health
The benefit was most clear when it came to the risk of suffering another heart attack: less than 9 percent of antidepressant patients did, compared with over 15 percent of placebo patients, the findings showed. WebMD Health