New hope for earlier treatment might be on the horizon for people suffering the most severe form of depression. In a study of patients watching emotionally evocative movies, the responses of people ...

A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that an individual’s genetic risk for major depression tends to be higher in those who develop more severe forms of the ...

D-serine as an adjunctive treatment did not outperform placebo overall in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), a new trial showed. However, depressive symptoms and anhedonia were ...

Down in the dumps? Help might be hiding in your fridge. A new, first-of-its-kind study suggests a controversial diet could ease severe, drug-resistant depression — with improvements showing up in as ...

Additionally, some patients report distressing withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop, such as insomnia, anxiety, and ...

A new brain-imaging study has revealed how ketamine produces its fast antidepressant effects in people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers tracked changes in a critical brain receptor ...