by Tamara Schneider, Washington University in St. Louis Stacked bars of partial response, response, and remission rates determined by A) MADRS, B) QIDS-C, C) QIDS-SR, and D) CGI-I at monthly intervals beginning 3 months after baseline in imputed data. Credit: Brain Stimulation (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2024.12.1191 People with severe, treatment-resistant depression who received a nerve-stimulating therapy showed significant improvement...
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Novel MRI technique improves the lasting effects of treatment for severe depression
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM A major clinical trial has shown that by using MRI and tracking to guide the delivery of magnetic stimulation to the brains of people with severe depression, patients will see their symptoms ease for at least six months, which could vastly improve their quality of life. The results of the...
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Scientists may have discovered why severe depression affects women and men differently
UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL Québec City, January 10, 2022 – A team of Université Laval scientists may have discovered why severe depression affects women and men differently, according to a study published today in Nature Communications. The researchers examined the brains of people with depression at the time of death and discovered alterations located in different parts of the...
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Low doses of ‘laughing gas’ could be fast, effective treatment for severe depression
by University of Chicago Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study at the University of Chicago Medicine and Washington University found that a single inhalation session with 25% nitrous oxide gas was nearly as effective as 50% nitrous oxide at rapidly relieving symptoms of treatment-resistant depression, with fewer adverse side effects. The study, published...