In the Media: These Genetic Tests Are Being Used To Guide Depression Treatment. Do They Work?
Dr. Bruce M. Cohen comments on the effectiveness of genetic testing for depression treatment.
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In the Media: Predictive Biomarkers Could Ease the Exhaustive Trial-and-Error of Antidepressants
Dr. Diego A. Pizzagalli’s clinical trial using MRIs to assess antidepressant effectiveness is featured.
Podcast: How To Support Someone With Depression
Jenn talks Dr. Christopher Palmer about navigating depression and aiding others experiencing this disorder. Chris explains ways to identify the mood disorder in ourselves and others, shares tips to support people we care for who are experiencing depression, and answers audience questions about...
Neurotherapeutics Clinic Opens at McLean SouthEast in Middleborough
In an effort to deliver cutting-edge therapies to patients with major depression with convenient access to their local communities, McLean Hospital is expanding its treatment services with the opening of a neurotherapeutics clinic at the McLean SouthEast campus at 52 Oak Street in Middleborough...
In the Media: The U.S. Needs Five Times as Many Child Psychiatrists
Dr. Jacqueline Sperling discusses the uptick in depression and anxiety rates in children.
In the Media: Psychedelic ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug May Ease Some Depression
Dr. Bertha K. Madras offers independent feedback to a new study that examined if psilocybin improved depression symptoms.
In the Media: Severe Depression Eased by Single Dose of Synthetic ‘Magic Mushroom’
Dr. Bertha K. Madras comments on a new clinical trial that tested the psychedelic compound psilocybin in patients with treatment-resistant depression.
In the Media: Ketamine and Esketamine for Depression – Lessons Learned in Clinical Practice
Paula Bolton, MS, CNP, ANP-BC, and Courtney Miller, RN, ADN, BA, discuss the lessons they have learned in using ketamine and esketamine with patients with treatment-resistant depression and suicidal thoughts.
Video: Physician Training as a Model for Understanding Depression and Suicidality Under Stress
Srijan Sen, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, presents as part of the 2022 Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals course. Jump To Slides Resources Speaker biography Provider Mental Health Sen has pioneered a life model to study the effect of stress on medical staff. He...
In the Media: Focus – How We Cope
Listen to Dr. Daniel P. Dickstein discuss how depression may look different in a child compared to an adult.
In the Media: Poor Visual Acuity Linked to Depression, Changes in Brain Structure
Dr. Ipsit Vahia gives independent feedback on a new study that examines how visual health may be linked to mental health.
In the Media: 10 Common Types of Depression and Symptoms To Know
Dr. Eliza W. Menninger comments on when feelings of sadness could be a sign of something more.
McLean Study Reveals No Beneficial Effect of Antidepressants Against COVID-19
Since the onset of the pandemic, scientists have been searching for existing, available medications that might be repurposed to treat COVID-19. Laboratory studies and observations in patients suggested that medications used to treat depression —especially so-called serotonergic antidepressants such...
In the Media: Ketamine for Depression – What It Feels Like and Who It Can Help
Dr. Robert C. Meisner gives insight into the lack of requirements for ketamine treatment.
In the Media: For Many Children, COVID Has Brought Anxiety and Depression
Dr. Jacqueline Sperling discusses a new report indicating that depression and anxiety among children and teens escalated during the pandemic.
In the Media: High-Functioning Depression – The Symptoms and Treatments
Dr. David H. Rosmarin examines high-functioning depression.
In the Media: Dissociative Identity Disorder and Depression – What’s the Link?
Dr. Stephanie A. Rickey gives insights into what it’s like to live with both dissociative identity disorder and depression.
In the Media: IV Ketamine Has Gone Mainstream as a Depression Treatment – But Is It Right for You?
Dr. Robert C. Meisner outlines McLean’s data-driven, evidence-based ketamine treatment program.
In the Media: The Age of Distracti-Pression
Dr. Cecil Webster comments on some of the factors causing an increase of mental health medications prescriptions.
Podcast: Depression 101
Jenn talks to Dr. Christian Webb about the intricacies of depressive disorders. Christian explains different forms of depression, shares advice on how to talk to a healthcare professional about it, talks about depression in kids and teens, and provides insight into how to make it through darker days...
