"Many patients report rapid improvement in mood, anxiety and hedonic function, which is what initially attracted the psychiatric profession to the use of ketamine," said Dr. Joshua Berman.
There are a number of factors — temperament, personality traits, self-esteem, genes, and family history, to name a few — involved in the etiology of clinical depression, says Dr. Myrna Weissman.
Dr. Mark Olfson found that people who take the more than 200 common medications sold in the U.S. that include depression as a potential side effect are, in fact, more likely to be depressed.
Dr. David Hellerstein discusses his 3 posters that he presented At the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting regarding antidepressants and depression.
Dr. Anne Marie Albano says some of her patients assume their problems were specific to high school. However, “if anxiety was there,” she says, “nothing changes with a high school diploma.”
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines for depression screening for teens, suggesting that all teenagers be screened at least once a year for depression.
Dr. Rachel Zuckerbrot helped write the updated guidelines that call for universal screening for depression and endorses that everyone, 12 and up, be screened at least once a year.
Dr. Drew Ramsey reviews findings of a new study that shows individuals on the Mediterranean diet had a significant reduction in their depression scores.