Category: Mental health
March 16, 2018 – Depression and Teens
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Anchor lead: Can an educational program about depression help teenagers with the condition? Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression education for young people helps those with the condition as well as those others think may be depressed speak up, an analysis of …
January 30, 2018 – Ketamine Uses
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Anchor lead: It is practical to use ketamine to manage depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports The anesthetic agent ketamine is proving useful in treating depression, as well as alleviating suicidal thoughts when they occur, a recent study showed. Irving Reti, a …
January 29, 2018 – Ketamine and Depression
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Anchor lead: Can the drug ketamine help people with depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ketamine is a drug that’s been around for quite a while, used for anesthesia. Now it’s proving its utility as a fast acting antidepressant, with the latest …
January 19, 2018 – Maximizing Benefit
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Anchor lead: How can the benefits of depression treatment be maximized? Elizabeth Tracey reports Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, can be a lifesaver for people with severe depression. Now research by Irving Reti, an ECT expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, …
January 18, 2018 – ECT and Genes
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Anchor lead: Could a specific gene help explain how certain therapies work for depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, is known to help people with severe depression but can have side effects like memory loss. Now research by …
July 27, 2017 – New Agent
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Anchor lead: If typical antidepressants don’t work, adding another type of medicine may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports In people with depression that doesn’t respond totally to the usual antidepressant medications, adding another type of drug known as an atypical antipsychotic …