Depression
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Studies highlight insomnia-depression link, underscore role for brief CBT
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VIDEO: Link found between neuroinflammation and suicide attempts
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Intervention manages cardiac patients with depression, anxiety
Major finding: Patients in the intervention group showed a significantly greater improvement than did those who received usual care in the primary...
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Depression at least five times more common than PTSD after critical illness
Major finding: At 3 months and 12 months after discharge, 37% and 33% of patients reported at least mild depression while only 7% reported...
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VIDEO: Ketamine, Botox, and SAMe: What will be approved for depression?
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ECT electrode placement matters most in elderly
Major finding: Right unilateral ECT provided a 70.4% remission rate in severely depressed patients aged 60 or older, compared with a 46% rate in...
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ECT quells dementia-associated agitation
Major finding: Patients responded to ECT for agitation as a symptom of dementia with an average 8-point drop on the Pittsburgh Agitation Scale...
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Vortioxetine establishes credentials for late-life depression
Major finding: Hamilton Rating Scale–Depression scores among those in the vortioxetine group fell by an average of 3.3 more points than in...
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Late-life depression can be dementia prodrome
Major finding: Deficits on two tests – CERAD Recognition Memory and Trail Making B – were associated with a 6.8-fold increased risk of developing...
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Personal health records help mentally ill patients with comorbidities access medical services
Major finding: The proportion of eligible preventive services received increased in the PHR group from 24% at baseline to 40% at the 12-month...