depression
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The Pandemic Is Taking a Heavy Toll on Our Mental Health, Study Finds
A new study out Wednesday is the latest to show that the covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on Americans’ mental health. The research found that more than a quarter of adults surveyed have clearly experienced depression symptoms recently — over three times as many who said the same in a survey taken before…
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More Than Just A Trip: Why Does Ketamine Work For Depression When Nothing Else Does?
Even though depression is a common and debilitating mental illness, the last groundbreaking medication released for it was Prozac, approved in 1987. Throughout the last 20 years, though, research scientists have discovered that ketamine, a common anesthetic and, at times, a recreational drug, is a rapid and effective medication for treatment-resistant depression. As we’re learning…
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“Magic Mushroom” Ingredient Inches Closer To Becoming A Depression Treatment In The U.S.
A future where a key ingredient of psychedelic mushrooms called psilocybin is regularly used to improve our mental health is none too far off. This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a “breakthrough therapy” designation to a non-profit company developing psilocybin as a treatment for clinical depression. The label is intended to…
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Teens And Young Adults Are More Depressed Now Than In The Mid-2000s
Teens and young adults are in the midst of a unique mental health crisis, suggests a new study out Thursday. It found that rates of depressive episodes and serious psychological distress have dramatically risen among these age groups in recent years, while hardly budging or even declining for older age groups.