major depressive disorder
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Depressed People Are Hotter. Scientists Want to Try Cooling Them Down
Our body temperature may be inextricably tied to our mental health, research out this week suggests. A team of scientists has found evidence that higher body temp is associated with having clinical depression. While there are many unresolved questions about this link, the researchers have already begun to conduct human trials to confirm and further…
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Psilocybin Therapy Changes Brain Wiring in Depressed People, Study Finds
New research continues to find evidence that psilocybin — the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms — can uniquely help people with depression. The study found that people undergoing psilocybin-assisted therapy experienced noticeable changes in brain patterns associated with depression, including when compared to a control group. People also reported a reduction in their depression symptoms…
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How AI Could Upgrade Brain Stimulation Therapies
The human brain, just like whatever you’re reading this on, uses electricity to function. Neurons are constantly sending and receiving electrical signals. Everyone’s brain works a bit differently, and scientists are now getting closer to establishing how electrical activity is functioning in individual patients’ brains and how to stimulate it to treat neurological and psychiatric…
