Experimental Therapeutics in Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Mandeep Kaur,1 Marsal Sanches2 1Department of Behavioral Medicine, Cone Health, Greensboro, NC, USA; 2UT Health Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders, Faillace Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX ...
Kaur M, Sanches M
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Epidemiology of treatment resistant depression among major depressive disorder patients in Israel
Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common mental disorders worldwide, estimated to affect 10–15% of the population per year.
Sarah Sharman Moser +5 more
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Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and assisted dying [PDF]
Competent patients suffering from treatment-resistant depressive disorder should be treated no different in the context of assisted dying to other patients suffering from chronic conditions that render their lives permanently not worth living to them.
Schuklenk, Udo, van de Vathorst, Suzanne
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Introduction Sleep disturbance specifically insomnia, non-restorative sleep, and hypersomnia are common symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD).
A.I. Sonmez +7 more
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Lamotrigine in the treatment of schizoaffective disorder [PDF]
There is accumulating evidence for the efficacy of lamotrigine in the treatment of bipolar disorder, including bipolar depression, both as monotherapy and in combination with sodium valproate.
Erfurth, Andreas +2 more
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Cushing's syndrome masquerading as treatment resistant depression
Treatment resistant depression (TRD) is a common clinical occurrence among patients treated for major depressive disorder. A significant proportion of patients remain significantly depressed in spite of aggressive pharmacological and psychotherapeutic ...
B N Anil Kumar, Sandeep Grover
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Major depressive disorder is a leading cause of disability worldwide and a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. While there are several options for antidepressant treatment, only about 40–60% of patients respond to initial ...
Theano Gkesoglou +5 more
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Maintenance deep transcranial magnetic stimulation sessions are associated with reduced depressive relapses in patients with unipolar or bipolar depression [PDF]
Introduction: Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) is a new form of TMS allowing safe stimulation of deep brain regions. The objective of this preliminary study was to assess the role of dTMS maintenance sessions in protecting patients with ...
ANGELETTI, Gloria +11 more
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Treatment‐resistant major depressive disorder: Canadian expert consensus on definition and assessment [PDF]
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a debilitating chronic mental illness that confers increased morbidity and mortality, decreases the quality of life, impairs occupational, social, and offspring development, and translates into increased costs on the healthcare system.
Yuri E. Rybak +15 more
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Comparing the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of depression : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the longest standing psychiatric treatment available and has unequivocal benefit in severe depression. However this treatment comes with a number of side effects such as memory impairment.
Micallef-Trigona, Beppe
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