antidepressant

Antidepressant use higher after cancer

A new study has found there is a high usage of antidepressants after cancer. The study uncovered that treatment for depression and anxiety is twice as high among American cancer survivors, compared to the general population. The researchers looked at over 3,000 cancer survivors of which 19 percent were treating depression or anxiety. Lead researcher ...click here to read more

Depression patients who respond to placebos benefit more from real drugs

A recent study revealed that depressed people who respond well to placebos, or fake drugs, are more likely to benefit from real depression drug treatments. Placebo patients are, albeit unwittingly, able to change their own brain response and chemical levels without any real medications, and are therefore more likely to have a resilience to depression. ...click here to read more

Ketamine: The New Antidepressant?

Traditionally used in human and veterinary medicine, the drug, ketamine, now promises to be a fast, effective treatment of depression in patients unresponsive to other medications. New research conducted by Japan’s RIKENCenter for Life Science Technologies – and published in the journal Translational Psychiatry – reveals that ketamine works by boosting serotonin in the parts of the brain ...click here to read more