Major Depressive Disorder

How to regulate circadian rhythms and regulate mood using dark therapy.

Sheldon Preskorn, MD, shares insights into drug mechanisms and delivery to better help patients with major depressive disorder.

Bringing science to the practice of psychiatry has been the personal goal of Sheldon H. Preskorn, MD—the Educator of the Year.

At the Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference, an all-star lineup of presenters will share their latest research. Check out this preview of the full agenda.

After a string of disappointing results, mirtazapine gets another look in a recent study.

How can clinicians distinguish between ordinary grief, depression, and prolonged grief disorder?

What are the risk factors for and prevalence overweight and obesity in patients with first-episode drug-naïve major depressive disorder?

Could the emerging field of epigenetics hold the key to catching postpartum depression before it happens?

Blue light is associated with a host of physical health maladies, including obesity, diabetes, and cancer. But what does it do to patients with depression or bipolar disorder?

A deep dive into the history, side effects, and efficacy of a controversial drug.

If approved, SLS-002 would be only the second approved product for ASIB.

Although depression is more prevalent among women, it may be more challenging to diagnose in men. This National Men’s Health Month, learn to recognize male depression’s symptoms and catch its comorbidities.

Is depression the same today as it was in the 17th century? Is it the same thing in Nigeria as it is in the United States? One of the foremost historians of psychiatry weighs in.

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that mind-altering drugs, combined with psychotherapy, are effective treatments for some of the most stubborn psychiatric disorders.

Zuranolone showed statistically significant improvement in depressive symptoms in this latest study.

Medical aid in dying is available for psychiatric patients in European countries and Canada. Will the United States be next?

Will a new Canadian law overturn long-held ethical norms in psychiatry?

A daily serving of almonds improved depressive symptoms in diabetes, but will it work in non-diabetic depression?

Overwhelmed and encumbered agencies are increasingly unable to provide critical services for LGBTQ youth, leaving them powerless in impeding a downward spiral into homelessness and associated negative ramifications. There are 5 ways psychiatrists can help.

What treatments could handle both psychiatric emergencies and long-standings mental health conditions—in a hurry?

Can depression be passed on to future generations, and if it can, how can treatment help?

Sedation may not always be desirable, but it is difficult to avoid in psychiatry. Some of the most sedating medications are discussed.

The psychiatrist's armamentarium to treat depression holds promise with a growing arsenal of integrative and pharmacologic options.

The FDA cleared the way to use this deep transcranial magnetic stimulation system, which may be able to help treat depression in less than 5 minutes.