Depression, following the death of someone close, is an intense, traumatic but essentially natural process. In the normal course of events the process of bereavement may last anything from a few weeks to several months. The passage of time helps people to move on, but a few people find the debilitating effects of loss become a permanent feature of... Read more
Those laboratory mice have been at it again. This time, we discover that when mice stop drinking moderate levels of alcohol they can become depressed around two weeks later. Mice are commonly used to model the effects of a number of conditions associated with human behavior. But how do we know when a mouse is depressed?
According... Read more
After six years of work and a budget of $33 million, the Sequences Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) project, is set to move away from academic centers and into the busy real world environment of clinical practice.
During the research phase, more than 4,000 treatment-resistive patients with depression took part... Read more
Recently hailed by some sections of the media as the, ‘brain pacemaker for depression', deep brain stimulation continues to show promising results in people with depression who are otherwise treatment-resistive. Such patients will almost inevitably have tried a variety of medications, alone or in combination, and electroconvulsive... Read more
The club drug known as ketamine has been
shown to have a rapid positive effect on an area of the brain associated with
depression. Scientists who made the discovery are hopeful that this could
signal new treatments for depression.
Ketamine, sometimes referred to as "Special
K" or "Vitamin K" gained popularity in the club scene... Read more
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