Depression

Youth depression is often diagnosed during crisis events, underscoring the need for primary care education and enhanced collaborative care resources.

ACOG 2025: Elizabeth Mollard, PhD, discusses her research on how Medicaid policies influence postpartum depression screening rates.

The model demonstrated 70.63% accuracy for predicting depression, a common comorbidity seen in COPD and one that increases risk for negative outcomes.

New data from UNITE study suggest fremanezumab was effective in alleviating migraine and comorbid MDD in patients with both conditions.

Approximately 40% of adults with chronic pain have comorbid anxiety and/or depression, underscoring the importance of routine screening in this population.

Suicide prevention falls squarely in the purview of primary care practitioners, says family physician Teresa Lovins, MD. She reviews an intervention with remarkable results.

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ACP 2025: Dr Press discusses how the Penn Integrated Care model equips primary care physicians to manage mental health conditions more effectively while reducing burnout.

ACP 2025: Discover how the collaborative care model supports mental health in primary care through team-based care, symptom tracking, and psychiatric consultation—boosting outcomes and reducing burden on clinicians.

More than one-third of study participants with TRD had failed to get relief from 4 or more antidepressants, calling treatment experiences a "trial and error" process.

Patients with depression from high-wealth areas were 1.62 times more likely in primary care and 1.67 times more likely in psychiatry to use telehealth.

Comorbid conditions accrued at a rate 30% faster among adults with depression than in those without the disorder over a 7-year follow-up period.

AV-101 is an orally bioavailable small molecule NMDA receptor antagonist with antinociceptive effects similar to gabapentin but with more a more favorable safety profile.

People with MDD demonstrated a preference for carbohydrate-rich foods and reduced reward from fat- and protein-rich foods, according to new research.

GH001, an inhalable 5-MeO-DMT therapy, led to a -15.5 MADRS score reduction by day 8 in patients with treatment-resistant depression.

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The investigational and potentially first-in-class therapy may enhance AMPA receptor sensitivity to glutamate, enhancing neuronal transmission.

Findings on the efficacy of treatments for MDD include the favorable effects of exercise, of CBT, and the robust outcomes of ECT among neuromodulatory modalities.

The approval of esketamine follows an FDA Priority Review and is based on data showing that esketamine alone demonstrated rapid and superior improvement in depressive symptoms compared with placebo.

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A new analysis of patient reported outcomes from the PATHFINDER study indicate the potential clinical benefit of early cancer detection.

The acquisition brings lumateperone, known as Caplyta, and the clinical-stage agent ITI-1284, for generalized anxiety disorder and Alzheimer's agitation, into the J&J fold.

An earlier phase 2 study found statistically significant improvement of MDD in female participants.

The failure of the novel kappa opioid receptor antagonist to best placebo in the first of triplicate phase 3 studies has Neumora concerned but not deterred.

Daily step counts of 5000 or more corresponded with fewer depressive symptoms, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.

A phase 1b and Phase 2 study are up next for the novel potential MDD treatment.

Intra-Cellular Therapies submitted an sNDA to the FDA for lumateperone for the treatment of MDD in adults as as adjunctive therapy to antidepressants.

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Approximately 70% of US adults surveyed hope their primary care clinician will ask about their mental health during an appointment, regardless of the presenting issue.

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