In recent years, a drug called ketamine has attracted attention because it can reduce depressive symptoms very quickly. Unlike traditional antidepressants, which may take weeks to work, ketamine can ...

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Live Science spoke with the scientists behind an upcoming clinical trial testing an immune therapy for depression.

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Carly Schwartz hid her severe depression while working in Big Tech. Here's how she fought her way through and learned to be honest with colleagues.

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We should scrap the psychiatric diagnosis system and try to help patients the best we can without labelling and drugging them.

A large review adds weight to an old idea: movement can help ease depression. Here’s how to think about exercise as part of treatment and recovery.

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Anti-inflammatory therapies that are highly effective for inflammatory skin diseases might also be relevant to depression because of shared inflammatory pathways.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A faster treatment for postpartum depression is entering clinical trials at the University of Texas at Austin. It doesn’t require medication, anesthesia or event talking to a therapist ...