For people trapped in the cycle of severe depression, hope is a cruel tease. It arrives briefly with a new pill or a round of ...

“To the best of our team's knowledge, this project represents the first time an Alabama medical center has examined deep brain stimulation for depression,” said Matthew Macaluso, D.O., director of the ...

Researchers report that vagus nerve stimulation helped many people with long-standing, treatment-resistant depression feel ...

Stimulating either of a pair of crucial nerves that carry messages from the brain to several major organs could be an effective way to treat people with severe depression. An international team of ...

In severe treatment-resistant depression, long-term data show VNS benefits not only persist for 2 years but also continue to emerge in late responders.

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 ...

The FDA has approved Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a non-drug, magnetic pulse device, for use in teens as young as 15 to treat severe depression. TMS is now an option for adolescents who ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

Research shows that vagus nerve stimulation can provide long-lasting benefits for patients who do not respond to conventional treatments Around 20% of adults in the United States will experience major ...

A major new study has found that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which applies magnetic energy to the brain, can be ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Many high school seniors across the country are in the throes of college applications – often a high-stakes, anxiety-ridden process. But the stress doesn’t necessarily stop once ...