The Serotonin Zombie: Authors of New Study Try to Breathe New Life into the Dead
depression
Depression Not So “Treatment-Resistant” After Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
“Researcher finds Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy reduced depressive symptoms in patients who did not improve with pharmacological treatment.“ This report by Dr. José Giovanni Luiggi-Hernández has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “A recent study published in Psychotherapy suggests that Intensive…
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Seven lifestyle changes that lower risk of depression
Beyond the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: An Interview with Prof. Joanna Moncrieff
These habits can cut the risk of depression in half, a new study finds
“I think the biggest surprise is that if you have a favorable lifestyle, you can reduce the risk of your getting depression by 57%, which is really quite a massive amount” Barbara Sahakian (clinical psychologist and neuroscientist at the University…
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Psychobiotics and the need for better interventional data
Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and Offspring Brain Morphologic Trajectory
This research paper has been published in JAMA Psychiatry. Key Points: Question: Is intrauterine exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and prenatal or postnatal depressive symptoms associated with brain morphologic trajectory in offspring? Findings: In this cohort study of 3198 mother-infant…
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Associations between constructs related to social relationships and mental health conditions and symptoms: an umbrella review
Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: A qualitative think-aloud study with patients
Wishful thinking: antidepressant drugs in childhood depression
