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Anchor lead: How troubling is it to stop taking an antidepressant? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some people who take medicines to combat depression experience a range of troubling symptoms when they stop, a recent report found. Ramin Mojtabi, a psychiatrist at …
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Anchor lead: Can a calming space help healthcare workers do their jobs better? Elizabeth Tracey reports Tranquility room is the name of a space at Johns Hopkins’ Sibley Memorial Hospital designed to help people in the healthcare environment be able …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
