Paul Melançon, 57, tried dozens of antidepressants across multiple drug classes — first alone, then in combinations that his doctors hoped might work better. None provided lasting relief from his ...

Understanding treatment-resistant depression, its causes, and options like rTMS, ECT, medication tweaks, and psychotherapy ...

A doctor may recommend electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) if you do not respond well to talk therapy and medication. Depression often causes intense feelings of sadness, irritability, hopelessness, and ...

The French Society for Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology has unveiled revised guidelines for the management of depressive disorders with partial and resistant responses to treatment.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental health condition primarily characterized by persistent low mood or loss of ...

A highly focused, incisionless form of radiation therapy significantly reduced symptoms of major depression and thoughts of ...

A new talking therapy for depression has shown encouraging early signs of being more effective and cheaper to deliver than the current best practice of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). A pilot ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy, one of the most common treatments for depression, can teach skills for coping with everyday troubles, reinforce healthy behaviors and counter negative thoughts. But can ...

Researchers say they've found an incision-free way to treat the brains of people stricken with severe, treatment-resistant ...

Recovering from depression doesn’t always mean feeling things fully again. In a study of 106 patients on antidepressants, ...

Depression treatment often takes weeks to months to show full effects, so recognizing when adjustments are needed means noting persistent symptoms that disrupt daily life despite adequate time on ...

Quick ReadMedicare covers one annual depression screening at $0, but therapy triggers a $283 deductible plus 20% coinsurance ...