A popular medical explanation for depression is rebuffed

2 months ago

Brain Mapping Reveals How Depression Changes Brain Networks: Suggesting New Biomarkers and Predictions

A new study has found that depression changes brain networks in a way that is independent of whether people feel depressed or not. The researchers found that depression “remaps” a major brain network involved in motivation and attention. The changes in the brain network could be detected in people before they showed any symptoms of depression, meaning the researchers were …

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5 months ago

Ketamine pill offers hope, and risks, for treatment-resistant depression

The Hindu

A new tablet that slowly releases the drug ketamine can ease treatment-resistant depression, offering an alternative to cumbersome clinic-based treatments for people with the condition, researchers have found in a clinical trial. “However, the lower blood ketamine levels mean patients experience few or no side effects.” An enriched clinical trial Dr. Glue’s team developed an extended-release ketamine pill called R-107. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Revealed: How top scientists now think you can 'catch' depression and anxiety like you would a cold - here's how you can protect yourself

Daily Mail

Could misery be contagious? The number of Britons complaining of low mood and depression-like symptoms, such as sadness and feeling helpless, is spiralling The latest survey figures from the Office for National Statistics show one in six report moderate or severe depressive symptoms The team, led by Christian Hakulinen, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Helsinki, tracked …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

1 in 6 develop antidepressant withdrawal: German study shows

Hindustan Times

Withdrawal symptoms after stopping antidepressants are less prevalent than previously thought, but they are still a real problem, according to a large meta-analysis. "Severe discontinuation symptoms occur much less, but should be taken seriously, and are important as many millions of patients take antidepressants. It was also unclear from the study how long withdrawal symptoms might last after cessation of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

A clear-eyed look at the neuroscience of mental health

Hindustan Times

The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health. Beware “neurobollocks”, she warns: catchy stories that pin a mental disorder on one chemical or brain region. Finding effective drugs for mental illness is also stymied by the fact that each brain chemical has multiple roles. Some of the neurological and cognitive patterns that cause depression also cause other problems, such as …

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10 months ago

A brain pacemaker helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be available to more people

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. Emily Hollenbeck, a deep brain stimulation therapy patient being treated for depression, stands for a portrait at the American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center in New York on …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Depression may be linked to body temperature, says study

India TV News

A recent study conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco suggests a potential link between depression and elevated body temperatures. The study analyzed data from over 20,000 participants across 106 countries who wore a device to measure body temperature and reported their depression symptoms daily. Additionally, there was a trend suggesting that individuals with less fluctuation in body temperature throughout …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Running could be just as effective at treating depression as medication, scientists find

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1 year, 3 months ago

Psilocybin emerges as a promising therapy for treating mental health issues: Study

Hindustan Times

An increasing amount of data suggests that psychedelic substances could be beneficial in the treatment of a variety of mental health issues. “At a time of growing excitement regarding the potential use of psychedelic agents to improve outcomes of otherwise intractable disorders, psychiatrists and patients alike need perspective on the current state of the evidence and the prospects moving forward,” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Psychedelics: A game-changer in treating depression?

Deccan Chronicle

Elon Musk, who regularly uses ketamine to treat depression, consumes a full dose at parties. “The Psychedelic Society of India, Somaa Foundation, and other organisations and people around the world are calling on the Indian Government to reschedule certain psychedelics/entheogens, which are natural compounds found in hundreds of plant species and have been seen as ‘breakthrough’ treatment for mental health,” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk is taking ketamine to manage depression, friends reveal

Daily Mail

The billionaire tweeted on Monday night that from what he had seen ketamine worked better as a antidepressant than typical prescription drugs Billionaire Elon Musk is said to be taking ketamine to manage depression, according to his friends. Musk tweeted on Monday night that from what he had seen ketamine worked better as a antidepressant than typical prescription drugs Researchers …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Psychedelic drugs to treat depression without causing hallucinations may finally be near

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1 year, 6 months ago

Ketamine lifts half of patients out of depression even after meds fail, trial finds

Daily Mail

Ketamine could ease depression in people with the most severe form of the condition, a study suggests. The study adds to growing evidence ketamine — along with other psychedelics — could be an effective treatment for depression, potentially helping people by remolding connections in the brain and stimulating the formation of new ones. Dr Murat Altinay, a psychiatrist at the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | Can psychedelics treat depression? A doctor explains.

The Hindu

Psychedelics are a group of drugs that alter perception, mood, and thought processing while a person is still clearly conscious. A psychiatrist named Humphrey Osmond first used the term ‘psychedelic’ in 1957, to denote the therapeutic tendency of these drugs to ‘unmask’ repressed elements of the psyche. Psilocybin’s therapeutic effects require a ‘trip’ that is mediated by the activation of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Depression exacerbates aging process among older adults: Research

Hindustan Times

According to a study from the UConn Center on Aging, older persons who struggle with depression age faster than their contemporaries. "These patients show evidence of accelerated biological aging, and poor physical and brain health," which are the main drivers of this association, said Breno Diniz, a UConn School of Medicine geriatric psychiatrist and author of the study, which appears …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Psychedelic drug linked to a long-term reduction in anxiety, depression: Study

Hindustan Times

According to a new study, a more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to a long-term reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms. "Sometimes the challenge arises because it's an intensely mystical and insightful experience that can, in and of itself, be challenging," said senior author Alan Davis, assistant professor and director of the Center for Psychedelic Drug …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Psychedelic drugs can help tackle depression, study suggests

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A small trial into the drug DMT found that 57 per cent of those trialled …

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2 years ago

What is Seasonal Depression? Know who is at risk, symptoms, treatment and more

India TV News

Seasonal Depression or Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs during certain seasons, usually in the fall and winter. Cloudy climate: People who live in regions with a lot of clouds or overcast skies may be at a higher risk of developing SAD due to a lack of sunlight. People who live in regions with a lot …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Psychedelic ‘magic mushroom’ drug may ease some depression

LA Times

Psilocybin mushrooms grow at a farm in the Netherlands. A preliminary study says the psychedelic chemical in the mushrooms may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients. The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The study is part of a resurgence of research into potential medical uses of hallucinogenic drugs, and …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Psychedelic ‘magic mushroom’ drug may ease some depression

Associated Press

The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The study is part of a resurgence of research into potential medical uses of hallucinogenic drugs, and the results echo findings in smaller studies of the mushroom compound psilocybin. Philip Corlett, an associate psychiatry professor at Yale University, said many important challenges remain, …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Severe depression eased by single dose of synthetic ‘magic mushroom’

CNN

CNN — A single dose of a synthetic version of the mind-altering component of magic mushrooms, psilocybin, improved depression in people with a treatment-resistant form of the disease, a new study found. “They clearly found a dose effect and clinically meaningful improvement in just three weeks,” said Dr. Matthew Johnson, a professor in psychedelics and consciousness at Johns Hopkins Medicine …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Depression, if treated on time could lower risk of dementia, finds study

Live Mint

A study published in Biological Psychiatry journal has said that on time treatment for depression has the potential to lower the risk of suffering from dementia in later life. "Therefore, intra-individual variability in symptoms might confer different risk of dementia as well as heterogeneity in effectiveness of depression treatment in relation to dementia prevention." When the researchers separated the participants …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Another health warning over anti-depressants

Daily Mail

Long-term antidepressant use could raise the risk of suffering and dying from heart disease, scientists say. Researchers at the University of Bristol found that those who had been taking the drugs for more than 10 years were more likely to be diagnosed with and die from heart disease The team, led by Dr Narinder Bansal, compared the health of those …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Diabetes linked to rising rates of depression, study finds

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2 years, 3 months ago

Change in appetite characterizes depressive disorders, new study finds

Hindustan Times

Major depressive disorders have a considerable health cost, including changes in appetite and body weight. Change in appetite characterizes depressive disorders, new study finds A research team - led by Prof Dr Nils Kroemer of the University Hospital Tubingen as well as the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn investigated whether conclusions can be drawn about the direction …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Can your diet improve symptoms of depression?

Live Mint

Young men with a poor diet saw a significant improvement in their symptoms of depression when they switched to a healthy Mediterranean diet, a new study shows. Lead researcher Jessica Bayes, a PhD candidate in the UTS Faculty of Health, said the study was the first randomised clinical trial to assess the impact of a Mediterranean diet on the symptoms …

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2 years, 5 months ago

How genetic testing could help patients with depression

Live Mint

Pharmacogenomic testing can help providers avoid prescribing antidepressant medications that may have undesirable outcomes, suggests a new US Department of Veterans Affairs study. Oslin and his colleagues aimed to learn if genetic testing helped patients receive fewer medications with predicted drug-gene interactions and if that produced better outcomes. Overall, 59% of the patients in the genetic testing group received medication …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Study Suggests Genetic Testing For Depression Patients May Be Beneficial For Them

News 18

Pharmacogenomic testing can help providers avoid prescribing antidepressant medications that may have undesirable outcomes, suggests a new US Department of Veterans Affairs study. “From a VA policy perspective, I don’t think that we would say the study is robust enough that we recommend testing everybody,” says Oslin, who is also a psychiatrist at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical …

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2 years, 6 months ago

How psychedelic drugs might treat depression

BBC

How psychedelic drugs might treat depression Getty Images A mushroom Hallucinogenic mushrooms have shown promise for their medical benefits, but we are only now beginning to understand how they might help to treat depression. An active connection between these two brain areas is normally a feature of the brain's "default mode network". Getty Images The key to psilocybin's effectiveness might …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Could psilocybin mushrooms help with depression?

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2 years, 8 months ago

Psychedelics could help treat depression – we need more research into their potential

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2 years, 8 months ago

Children of mothers with clinical depression are at greater risk of developing depression: Study

Hindustan Times

According to a new study, children of mothers with clinical depression are at three times greater risk to develop depression themselves than their low-risk peers. Children of mothers with clinical depression are at greater risk of developing depression: Study The research was published in the journal, 'Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.' Mothers participating in the study completed an extensive …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Magic mushroom compound ‘rewires the brain for people with depression’

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2 years, 8 months ago

Magic mushroom compound ‘opens up depressed people’s brains’, study suggests

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2 years, 9 months ago

Is Depression just a mental illness or the body's way of saying something?

Hindustan Times

With the rise of covid pandemic and people being stuck inside their homes causing immobilisation in their movements and lifestyle at large, the issue of Depression has been getting talked about, more than ever. Is Depression just a mental illness or body's way of saying something? Nicole brought a fresh perspective to the cause of Depression and the symptoms, by …

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3 years, 2 months ago

A pacemaker for brain may treat most severe depression

India TV News

For the first time ever in the world, a woman suffering from a severe form of depression was treated using electric brain implantation, giving hope to millions of people suffering from the mental illness who do not respond to other therapies. The experimental therapy led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco uses a magnet to download her …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Brain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient

CNN

CNN — After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain implant originally developed to help people with epilepsy, researchers in California reported Monday. “When we turned this treatment on, our patient’s depression symptoms dissolved and in a remarkably small time she went into remission,” Dr. Katherine Scangos, a psychiatrist …

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3 years, 2 months ago

How insulin resistance can lead to depression

Live Mint

Stanford Medicine scientists have found that insulin resistance can increase the risk of developing a major depressive disorder. "If you're insulin-resistant, your risk of developing a major depressive disorder is double that of someone who's not insulin-resistant, even if you've never experienced depression before," said Natalie Rasgon, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences. The team measured three proxies …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Study suggests being overweight might cause depression and lower well-being

Hindustan Times

Being overweight causes depression and lowers wellbeing, a largescale new study has proved. In a multifaceted study, the researchers analysed genetic variants linked to higher BMI, as well as outcomes from a clinically relevant mental health questionnaire designed to assess levels of depression, anxiety and wellbeing. To examine which pathways may be active in causing depression in people with higher …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Consciousness: Here's how the brain chemical ‘dopamine’ plays a key role

Hindustan Times

Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. But so far, we haven’t even solved the “easy” problems of explaining which brain systems give rise to conscious experiences in general – in humans or other animals. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, we have now shown that conscious brain activity seems …

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3 years, 8 months ago

The truth about magic mushrooms and depression

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3 years, 8 months ago

Study raises new possibilities of treating depression with magic mushroom compound

The Independent

Scientists are hopeful that a psychedelic compound unique to magic mushrooms could one day be used to treat people suffering from depression, after a new study showed it performed at least as effectively as a leading antidepressant currently prescribed to patients. Psilocybin also appeared to be more effective in preventing recipients from relapsing back into their former state of depression, …

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3 years, 10 months ago

New research reveals connection between genes and mental disorder

Hindustan Times

A research by the National Institute of Mental Health claims that the distinctions in the expression of gene transcripts that construct human body cells may hold the way to understand how mental issues with shared hereditary danger factors bring about various examples of onset, symptoms, side effects, course of ailment, and treatment reactions. "Major mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar …

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3 years, 11 months ago

AI-designed serotonin sensor helpful in studying sleep, mental health: Study

Hindustan Times

Researchers have described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current methods. Representational Image In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new …

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4 years ago

Dissatisfaction with physical appearance, poor sleep linked to depression in teens and adolescents, suggest studies

Firstpost

Chronic sleep disruption due to early-life stress can produce long-lasting changes in neuroendocrine signalling pathways, and cause depression in adolescents, especially women, one of the studies said Depression is a mental disorder that affects people of all age groups across the world. While body dissatisfaction is linked to eating disorders, unhealthy behaviours, and mental health issues like body dysmorphic disorder, …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Here's all you need to know about bipolar disorder from the expert

India Today

What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder is one such pathology in which patients experience manic and depressive episodes or with manic episodes alone. Different types of bipolar disorders Bipolar I Disorder: Characterized by episodes of Mania and Depression Bipolar II Disorder: Characterized by episodes of Hypo-mania and Depression Cyclopedia: Characterized by at-least 2 years of frequently occurring hypo-manic symptoms that …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Kangana Ranaut Says Drug Abuse Causes Depression, Delhi Mental Health Institute Proves Her Wrong

News 18

Days after Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut drew ire with her “depression is a consequence of drug abuse remark, Delhi’s well-known mental health institute, VIMHANS, called her out on her misleading tweet. A few days ago, Kangana took a sly jibe at actor Deepika Padukone, who has always been vocal about her own battles with depression, and said that mental health …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Measuring brainwaves during sleep can predict therapy outcome for depression patients: Study

Hindustan Times

Scientists have discovered that measuring brainwaves produced during REM sleep can predict whether or not a patient of depression will respond to treatment. Study links measuring brainwaves during sleep to depression therapy response As study leader, Dr Thorsten Mikoteit said, “In real terms, it means that patients, often in the depths of despair, might not need to wait weeks to …

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