antidepressants

Two Signaling Pathways Involved in Regulating Synaptic Plasticity Suggest Novel Targets for Rapid-Acting Antidepressants

Researchers have reported progress in the important effort to explain the rapid antidepressant action of ketamine, and in so doing,... Read More

Lumateperone, an Antipsychotic, is Tested in a Phase 3 Trial for Major Depressive Episodes in Bipolar I and II Disorders

An international team of researchers has reported positive results in a phase 3 clinical trial of a drug to treat... Read More

Using Brainwave Patterns to Predict and Understand Psychiatric Disorders

Using a well-understood, inexpensive and easy-to-deploy technology called electroencephalography, or EEG, as well as related technologies that also measure the... Read More

Study Finds Changes in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Over 20 Years

A study covering the 20 years between 1997 and 2016 shows that substantial changes have occurred in the way doctors... Read More

In a Surprising Clinical Trial, Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects Lasted Longer

Carefully designed, exquisitely controlled experiments sometimes don't produce the result predicted in advance—the research “hypothesis” that is the starting point... Read More