Depression

In contrast to electroconvulsive therapy, patients are not sedated during the treatments. Studies of a protocol called accelerated intermittent theta-burst stimulation have produced positive results.

Various treatment guidelines for depression recommend exercise, but they tend to be short on details

AI (artificial intelligence) can improve the accuracy of disease prediction by crunching volumes of existing clinical data on patients.

One area of interest is whether ketogenic diets, which are high in fat and low in carbohydrates, might be helpful to people with treatment-resistant depression.

Some study results tempered enthusiasm for one digital therapeutic but others are showing promising if early results.

Studies conducted in Taiwan and the United Kingdom have added to. the evidence that inherited genes play a prominent role in the development of treatment-resistant depression.

Spravato is a derivative of the anesthetic ketamine.

Independence Blue Cross has increased local provider options by 47% since 2022, and now offers additional mental health and substance abuse services.

The FDA rejected an application to approve MDMA, also known as ecstasy, as a treatment for PTSD. Next up among the psychedelics vying for FDA approval: psilocybin for treatment resistant depression.

Cost and lack of access were two of the most common reasons given in new survey.

Biotech companies and researchers are investigating whether psychedelics could be used to treat a variety of mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.