Ancient Pill Matches Modern Antidepressant in Depression Trial

Researchers found that brain network patterns can predict how individuals with depression respond to traditional Chinese medicine. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe mental health disorder th ...
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New Study Raises Questions About Ketamine for Depression

An important study published in JAMA Psychiatry (2025) challenges some of the most popular narratives about ketamine ’s effectiveness as a rapid antidepressant, underscoring the crucial role of ...

Clinical Trial Finds Ketamine Not Effective For Depression

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Oct. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Ketamine might not be effective in treating ...
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Self-hatred isn’t the same as depression. A psychiatrist explains how to treat it in teens

Psychiatrist Dr. Blaise Aguirre has become an expert in self-loathing. No, it’s not because he experiences self-hatred. It’s because he has spent decades studying what he considers an epidemic of ...

Depression doubles mortality rates and increases suicide risk 10-fold—timely treatment can reduce risk by up to 30%

A comprehensive meta-analysis in depression and mortality, led by the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Clinical ...
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New Book by Courageous Psychiatrist about Her Profession’s Most Damaging Falsehood

“. . . by the late 1980s . . . the chemical imbalance theory of depression . . . should have been dead in the water. Yet, it managed to survive long enough to be revitalized by the pharmaceutical ...