David Walt, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering at HMS and professor of pathology at Brigham and Women’s ...

Magnetic fields to control neurons remotely? A cutting-edge technology, magnetogenetics, now allows the inhibition or ...

Bright light therapy, a standard treatment for seasonal depression, may also help people who experience depression year-round ...

But trials with positive and negative outcomes are both equally important to investigate the method’s potential as a treatment for depression, says Frank Padberg, a psychiatrist at Ludwig ...

The findings shed light on how a novel depression treatment method might work, said Ashley Mason, PhD, the study's lead ...

Psychedelic-assisted therapy is a combined method that uses psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy with the help of psychedelics ...

A device that delivers direct stimulation to the brain was found to be a safe and effective means of treating depression at home, according to a new study. A device that delivers direct ...

A new digital health intervention, developed over a decade of research, uses a gamified app to help reduce depressive symptoms by disrupting ruminative thought patterns.

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To better treat and prevent depression, we need to understand more about the brains and bodies in which it occurs.

Researchers enrolled 487 in the study. The treatment for depression included group therapy sessions -- led by clinic staff and trained local community members -- that focused on managing stress ...

A new trial suggests that at-home brain stimulation could potentially be a first-line treatment for depression. However, some experts are skeptical. Brain stimulation is an evidence-backed ...