Antidepressants Don't Increase Quality of Life?
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More Data Suggesting SSRIs May Offer Some COVID Protection
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Could existing, cheap, and widely-available drugs save lives?
Read MoreMisinterpreting this Depression Study May Lead Doctors to Treat the Wrong People
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The study claims to predict response to escitalopram treatment - but that is a potentially dangerous interpretation.
Read MoreHuge Genetic Study Reveals Common Threads Across Psychiatric Disorders
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The 750,000-individual study suggests that our common diagnostic criteria may need substantial revision.
Read MoreKetamine for Depression: Doc-to-Doc with Gerard Sanacora MD PhD
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The studies are early-stage, but the results are compelling: Ketamine may be a highly-effective therapy for depression.
Read MoreEarly Puberty in Girls Linked with Depression / Antisocial Behavior in Adulthood
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A new study appearing in the journal Pediatrics now suggests that early puberty in girls can lead to depression and antisocial behavior well into adulthood, suggesting that the difficulties of those teenage years are far from fleeting.
Read MoreChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football-Players
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An autopsy study reveals that 99% of the brains of NFL players had evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Will this condition be the end of football? For the video version, click here.
Read MoreWhen the First Antidepressant Fails... A Randomized Trial
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A study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined whether the addition of bupropion or the antipsychotic aripiprazole to first-line antidepressant therapy would improve outcomes in major depressive disorder. The results highlight how difficult this disease is to treat. For the video version, click here.
Read MorePropensity Scores: Observational Data and Wishful Thinking
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Propensity score methods attempt to make observational data look like a randomized trial. But there are some big limitations that need to be considered before we jump on the bandwagon. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreChildhood Death of a Sibling has a Profound, Lasting Impact
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8% of children in the US will experience the death of a sibling in childhood. The effects of this trauma, it seems, are profound and long-lasting. For the video version, click here.
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