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"We've greatly misjudged and mis-prioritized the mental health of mothers in general and we've gotten a lot of it wrong." ...

Intra-Cellular Therapies’ surging antipsychotic Caplyta has scored again with remarkable trial results, fueling its bid for a third and potentially most lucrative indication—major depressive disorder ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc., a leader in molecular diagnostic testing and precision medicine, today announced a post-hoc analysis ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a low-cost, portable biosensor that can quickly identify a protein whose altered levels ...

Major depressive disorder is a debilitating condition that impacts around 5% of adults worldwide. While doctors commonly prescribe antidepressants to patients, it has several side effects and might ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed major depressive disorder (MDD) and other conditions linked to it to be treated. A person with MDD is usually prescribed ...

Scientists have developed a portable biosensor that can detect levels of BDNF, a protein linked to mental health conditions ...

Light therapy has been used to treat seasonal affective disorder for decades. Exposure to the right kind of light can make a noticeable difference this fall and winter.

With the winter months approaching, students may notice an increase in depressive mood symptoms as temperatures drop and ...

An ancient pill from China used for more than 800 years to treat depression could be  more effective than modern medicine, a ...