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In a new clinical trial, psilocybin seemed to perform just as well as a treatment for major depressive disorder as a conventional SSRI.

New Study: Psychedelic Mushrooms Are as Effective as Antidepressants

By Dan Robitzski

A brain implant that delivers imperceptible, personalized electric shocks is successfully treating a woman with severe depression.

Study: Wake Up an Hour Earlier, Cut Your Depression Risk by 23 Percent

By Foster Kamer

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests there may be a link between social media use and depression, NPR reports. Facebook disagrees.

Scientists Say There’s a Clear Link Between Facebook and Depression

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists developed a blood test for clinical depression that they say will make diagnoses and treatments far more specific.

Health & Medicine

New Test Detects Depression in Blood Samples

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that major depressive disorder might actually make people's bodies start to age faster than they should be at a cellular level.

Health & Medicine

Yet Another Reason To Treat Depression: It Could Literally Age You

By Dan Robitzski

A brain implant that delivers imperceptible, personalized electric shocks is successfully treating a woman with severe depression.

Neuroscience and Brain

Brain Implant Successfully Fights Off Depression, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that as many as 80 percent of young adults in America could be facing serious mental health issues due to the pandemic.

Health & Medicine

Survey: 80% of American Young Adults Depressed During Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Videos of police violence are important for holding the powerful accountable, but they're linked to PTSD and depression symptoms in Black and Latinx teens.

Health & Medicine

Police Brutality Videos Are Giving Teens PTSD Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

The leader of the world's first formal center for research into magic mushrooms and other psychedlics thinks they could replace traditional antidepressants.

Health & Medicine

Professor: “Magic Mushrooms” Could Replace Antidepressants

By Kristin Houser

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a prescription treatment for depression that's based on ketamine, marking a new use for an old anesthetic.

FDA Approves Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray to Treat Depression

By Jon Christian

New research shows that dosages of the drug DMT that are too low to cause hallucinations could indeed reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Health & Medicine

New Study: Microdosing DMT Reduces Depression and Anxiety

By Jon Christian

By scanning the brains of people while they tripped on LSD, researchers think they've figure out how the drug causes its effects.

Science & Energy

Scientists Might Have Finally Figured out How LSD Works

By Kristin Houser

A system combining motion-tracking sensors and AI was able to detect anxiety and depression in children with 81 percent accuracy.

Health & Medicine

A Wearable Was Better Than Parents at Detecting Anxiety in Kids

By Kristin Houser

Researchers at MIT developed a machine learning model that can detect depression by analyzing speech and the way patients talk.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Tell If You’re Depressed by Listening to You Talk

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have discovered how to translate brain waves into the actual mood a subject is feeling — and it could lead to new treatments for depression.

This Device Reads Your Brainwaves to Figure Out Your Mood

By Jon Christian

DNA Tests Can Take Some of the Guesswork out of Treating Depression

DNA Tests Can Take Some of the Guesswork out of Treating Depression

By Kristin Houser

Surprise! Reddit Is Actually Helping People Battle Mental Illness

Health & Medicine

Surprise! Reddit Is Actually Helping People Battle Mental Illness

By Kristin Houser

Antidepressants Don’t Always Work. Now Doctors Can Peer Into The Brain To Get Patients The Right One

Antidepressants Don’t Always Work. Now Doctors Can Peer Into The Brain To Get Patients The Right One

By Dan Robitzski

Diet to Reduce Blood Pressure May Help Combat Depression

Health & Medicine

Diet to Reduce Blood Pressure May Help Combat Depression

By Kristin Houser

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Long Term Depression Permanently Changes the Brain

By Chelsea Gohd

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New App for Depression Uses Artificial Intelligence for Therapy Treatments

Research Finds Esketamine Effective in Treating the Worst Cases of Depression

Health & Medicine

Research Finds Esketamine Effective in Treating the Worst Cases of Depression

Machine Learning Could Allow Us to Uncover the Biological Root of Depression

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Could Allow Us to Uncover the Biological Root of Depression

By Chelsea Gohd

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

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Health & Medicine

Researchers Discover Why Lower Socioeconomic Status Can Lead to a Shorter Life

By Chelsea Gohd

Researchers: Depression May Be a Physical Illness Linked to Inflammation

Health & Medicine

Researchers: Depression May Be a Physical Illness Linked to Inflammation

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RX and Medicine

The Field of Psychedelic Medicine Is in the Midst of a Resurgence

Scientists Still Don’t Fully Understand the Connection Between Obesity and Depression

Health & Medicine

Scientists Still Don’t Fully Understand the Connection Between Obesity and Depression

This Is How We Will Reduce Anxiety In The Future

Health & Medicine

This Is How We Will Reduce Anxiety In The Future

By Victor Tangermann

New Study Reveals That The Brains of People With Depression Look Different

New Study Reveals That The Brains of People With Depression Look Different

Researchers Think This Electric Headband Could Help Treat Depression

Health & Medicine

Researchers Think This Electric Headband Could Help Treat Depression

Doctors Are Now Fighting Depression by Targeting the Brain’s Wiring, Not Its Chemical Balance

Doctors Are Now Fighting Depression by Targeting the Brain’s Wiring, Not Its Chemical Balance

Woebot Labs Launches a Fully Functioning AI Facebook Bot to Deal With Mental Health

Woebot Labs Launches a Fully Functioning AI Facebook Bot to Deal With Mental Health

Not Just a State of Mind: Scientists Locate the Physical Source of Depression in the Brain

Science & Energy

Not Just a State of Mind: Scientists Locate the Physical Source of Depression in the Brain

Scientists Identify 15 Genes Related to Depression, Thanks to Crowdsourced Genetic Study

Science & Energy

Scientists Identify 15 Genes Related to Depression, Thanks to Crowdsourced Genetic Study

By Charmaine Caparas

Machine Learning Algorithm Uses Speech Patterns to Diagnose Depression

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Algorithm Uses Speech Patterns to Diagnose Depression

By Charmaine Caparas

Virtual Reality

Study Finds Virtual Reality Therapy Helps With Depression

By Annabs Sanchez