For the twenty-one million American adults experiencing major depressive disorder (MDD) annually, this FDA-cleared treatment ...

Emory Decatur Hospital provides ECT, an unusually effective treatment for depression. But doctors say its past reputation keeps some patients and doctors wary.

Learn how tweaks to existing depression and anxiety medicines may make them more effective for depression and anxiety - and ...

Depression, anxiety and other psychiatric conditions often go undetected and undiagnosed in patients. The neglect takes a ...

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Mental health challenges rarely exist in isolation. Among the most concerning combinations, dementia and depression ...

In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects.

Psilocybin-assisted therapy, which involves using the active ingredient from "magic mushrooms," could benefit roughly 5 ...

Most of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from "butterflies" in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we're feeling blue.

Patients with low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent active monitoring reported comparable physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes to patients who received upfront treatment, ...

Among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., eight have laws allowing adolescents to independently consent to mental health treatment with no restrictions, 23 allow adolescents to independently consent ...

The drug has shown strong results in phase 3 clinical trials, which are the basis for the new application to the FDA.