BOSTON — The severity of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) appears to predict response to intravenous (IV) ketamine vs electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), new research suggested. However, experts said […]

BOSTON — Behavioral avoidance could limit the long-term efficacy of exposure and response prevention (ERP), a widely used treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a new […]

There’s been something of a funding fiasco at NHS Practitioner Health.  An announcement to cut funding for new patients in secondary care received such a backlash […]

BUDAPEST — Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be useful treatment for some people with major depressive disorder (MDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but its use […]

The ketogenic diet shows promise in reducing the symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and reversing metabolic syndrome, results of a new pilot study show.  Participants […]

Antipsychotic use in older adults with dementia is associated with a significant increased risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, fracture, acute kidney injury, and […]

Budapest, Hungary — Self-perceived loneliness during childhood is linked to a more than twofold increased risk for subsequent first-episode psychosis (FEP) — new findings that may […]

BUDAPEST — Only a handful of European countries have legislation in place that decriminalizes the act of physician-assisted dying for certain patients, such as those who […]

Premature opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, and more than one in four deaths occurred in young adults, a new study […]