Tag: depression

Generic ketamine has the power to slash the overall cost of treating clinical depression by more than 60 percent.

Two novel drugs that work like ibogaine promise to treat depression and addiction, two overlooked evils that can ruin humanity.

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain that regulates mood and behavior and is associated with happiness and contentment.

Who said life doesn't have a sense of humor?

Pure MDMA taken in the right amount and setting can be an antidepressant, whereas the typical use at raves leads ...

Scientists claim they've now uncovered the fundamental mechanism that makes psilocybin so good against depression.

This popular social game may help stave off loneliness and depression among older Chinese.

If you're happy and you know it, don't sit down?

It works well, and it works fast.

The experimental neural implant acts like a 'brain pacemaker' to treat depression on a case by case basis.

Such research can make us better understand how depression arises in the brain.

This is the same molecule involved in allergies, but anti-allergy drugs don’t cut it.

We knew toxicity was bad for mental health, but this is something else.

Although Ayahuasca is classified as a Schedule I drug, recent research suggests it has medical value.

It's easier for morning people to pull off.

Is ketamine the miracle drug that we've all being waiting for?

Many rappers need self care -- and so do their listeners.

It could point the way to new treatments for both conditions.

People dealing with stress and depression as a result of past trauma may experience poorer brain performance.

"There's never been a therapy for treatment-resistant depression that's broken 55% remission rates in open-label testing," the team says.

The pill might trigger hormonal changes in developing teens that may make them more prone to depression.

Healthy mind in healthy body.

Hiring a coach to help you exercise can improve mood more than being on your own.

One day, our social media history might play an important role in the doctor's office.

It's probably not what you think.

"The increase in despair that occurs across the 30s is generalized to the entire cohort, regardless of race, ethnicity, education, ...

Ketamine works its magic in a two-step process that first starts with the repair of brain circuits damaged by depression.

"We are not saying that depression is not heritable at all. It is. What we are saying is that depression ...

Sounds a bit too good to be true, I gotta admit!

Sorry ladies.

The implications could also be huge for people with Alzheimer's.

If nothing else, at least you'll have some fun attending!

Zooming in on the secrets of the brain.

How's your pound of gray matter feeling today?

Computer: "What is my purpose?" MIT: "You spot depression!" Computer: :(

America has a hidden problem on its hands.

Researchers advise people to sleep in early in order to lessen the risk for depression.

One-third of American adults take at least one drug with depression as a side effect.

Depression can make both men and women infertile.

Graduate students are six times likelier to be depressed than the general population.

The team believed that ketamine affected a small part of the brain, called the lateral habenula, also known as the “anti–reward ...

Researchers discovered a consistent link between sleep irregularity and repetitive negative thinking.

Snooze.

Turn that frown upside down? No, just accept that sometimes it's OK to feel bad.

Ketamine is remarkable against depression but questions remain about the long-term risks.

Bad news, everyone.

Stress -- it's never good for you. But sometimes, it's worse.

Fighting depression with a martial art.

Who said you can't run from your problems?

Keep it tidy, neurons.