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How Microdosing Psychedelic Drugs Affects Mental Health

For years, anecdotal reports suggested microdosing can improve mood and reduce depression and anxiety. Now, scientists are trying to figure out whether it’s all hype, a salve for our unhappiness, or something in between.

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In Search of the Genetic Components Behind Psychiatric Disorders

As physicians attempt to identify mental illness, they face a diagnostic system that includes nearly 300 disorders. To improve the system, researchers look into genetics.

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ICYMI: Brain Waves Can Predict Who Will Benefit From Antidepressants

And other neuroscience news for the week of February 10, 2020.

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National Depression Screening Day

Neuroscience research is advancing what we know about depression, and helping us develop treatments for it.

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Do Antidepressants During Pregnancy Affect Fetal Brain Development?

The risks of antidepressants during pregnancy are minimal — and they pale in comparison to the risks of not treating depression.

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How Ketamine Treats Depression

The first new antidepressant medication in decades, ketamine is a game changer for depression treatment.

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The Depression Gender Gap

Around the world, women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with depression.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping Personalized Mental Health Care

AI programs assist clinicians in surfacing signs of depression through patient data.

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Depression, Fast and Slow

Chance observations in the 1950s prompted scientists to hypothesize that low neurotransmitter levels cause depression. That thinking has unraveled.

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Listening to Ketamine

The fast-acting drug offers a new way to treat depression and fathom its origins. Recent approval of a nasal spray promises to expand access, but much remains unknown.

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Rethinking Serotonin's Role in Depression

Serendipitous findings in the 1950s spawned the idea that depression was a “chemical imbalance” in the brain. But decades of research — and a radical new treatment — are upending that thinking.

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Depression’s Impact on Memory

Depression does not only affect how people feel – it can also change how they think.

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