Natasha Kulviwat, a rising high school senior, discovered a protein that may serve as predictor for suicide and could potentially lead to new strategies for intervention and prevention.
A Columbia study aims find out which treatments work best to alleviate major depressive disorder and improve quality of life for individuals with breast cancer.
While there is still plenty of research to be done, Dr. Philip Muskin emphasized that there is enough certainty to know that psychiatric drugs do work – often to great effect.
Dr. Elizabeth Fitelson discusses what we can expect from brexanolone, a drug developed specifically to counteract unique physiologic changes that can induce postpartum depression in vulnerable women.
Prescription medication may be enormously helpful, but "just taking a pill is usually not enough" to effectively cope with depression, says Dr. Diana Samuel.
“Part of the problem that we’re faced within the field is that we really need to become better at identifying the factors that lead to the escalation of suicide risk,” says Dr. Randy Auerbach,
Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber has developed a protocol of questions that anyone — not just medical professionals — can ask to identify people who may be at risk of suicide.
“Approval of esketamine is important for patients because other options like transcranial magnetic stimulation work more poorly in medication-resistant depression,” writes Dr. J. John Mann.
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Dr. Alan S. Brown, said that "overall, the investigators have done a commendable job." However, he also noted that the "findings could also be influenced by treatment-seeking behaviors."