The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved esketamine as an anti-depressant. Esketamine is the S-enantiomer of ketamine, which is more potent on ...

Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best for patients. A national trial initiated by UT Southwester...

What drives a person to smoke cigarettes? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers puff more often and more deeply or even ...

Impulsive shopping can be a costly vice for people who are eager to escape emotional pain, but researchers have now discovered a strategy for increasing self...

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards, a study led b...

In lectures I often stress the importance of naming emotions in the client in the here and now. My mantra is always that a named emotion is a processed emot...

Growing evidence shows that the brain's dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade inflammation. A new paper propos...

People who believe in oneness -- the idea that everything in the world is connected and interdependent -- appear to have greater life satisfaction than those...

A study lead by Penn Medicine researchers found that childhood trauma is linked to abnormal connectivity in the brain in adults with major depressive disorde...

Daily cannabis use increased significantly from 2008 to 2016 among those with and without past-month serious psychological distress (SPD) and use among those...

For those who have done mental health or dual diagnosis training with me will know, I show some very simple ways to lift depression. This is based on the th...

I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in order to discharge th...

With a weak alternating electrical current sent through electrodes attached to the scalp, UNC School of Medicine researchers successfully targeted a naturall...

Whilst it is a widely held view that depression is the result of life events alone, this model fails to recognize that these events are acting upon something...

The research and results of the HOPE feasibility study have been published. This was a suicide prevention intervention designed to support people experienci...

In a sweeping new study, Indiana University psychologists have found that a series of self-guided, internet-based therapy platforms effectively reduce depres...

A new tool, developed by researchers from the University of Adelaide, will assist clinicians to assess people suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD)....

A comprehensive Australian study examining the global impact of suicide prevention approaches in young people has found that youth-specific interventions con...

According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and these rates are on the rise. Yet, doctors and scie...

A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators identifies two subanesthetic dosage levels of the anesthetic drug ketamine that appear to p...