Nearly half of depression patients struggle with treatment resistance

New Study Could Explain Why Teenage Girls Are More Depressed Than Boys

The kynurenine pathway may explain why teenage girls are more prone to depression, with inflammation linked to more harmful brain chemicals. Depression is a mental health condition affecting approximately 280 million people worldwide. It is twice as common in women as in men, a disparity that begins to emerge during adolescence. While previous research has [...]

Nearly Half of Depression Patients Have a Treatment-Resistant Condition

A new study revealed that half of the people with depression do not respond to treatment. Something needs to be done for these individuals—and soon. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think, and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You ma…

New option for patients with treatment-resistant depression

AUSTIN (KXAN)- Experts estimate that treatment-resistant depression (TRD) impacts about 2.8 million Americans annually, and a groundbreaking implantable device may offer new hope. Depression affects about one in six people, and about 16 million Americans deal with depression each year. Depression can be a life-threatening condition that affects not only the individual but family and friends as well. Depression is known to be mostly treatable, bu…

Nearly half of depression diagnoses could be considered treatment-resistant

Almost half of patients diagnosed with depression classify as being 'treatment-resistant' as new research suggests that many don't respond to multiple antidepressant options.

Psychopharmaceuticals: 50 years of stagnation?

The 1950s and 1960s were the golden age of psychiatry. At that time, reliable options were being discovered that curbed the shadows of the mind and regulated emotional pain. Antipsychotics that blocked the reception of dopamine and antidepressants that acted on the reuptake of serotonin were chanced upon. It was a radical development that emerged from a vacuum and led to drugs that muted the voices of schizophrenia or threw a lifeline to suffere…

Have we become too reliant on antidepressants?

Stopping antidepressants can feel terrible, but withdrawal may reflect dependence on the drug, not benefit.