Major depressive disorder

W Marx, BWJH Penninx, M Solmi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of
interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, recurrent thoughts of death, and …

New and emerging approaches to treat psychiatric disorders

KW Scangos, MW State, AH Miller, JT Baker… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent, often devastating diseases that negatively impact
the lives of millions of people worldwide. Although their etiological and diagnostic …

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on symptom domains in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review …

RLD Kan, F Padberg, CG Giron, TTZ Lin… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is a prime target for repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (TMS) to treat neuropsychiatric disorders; thus, abundant efficacy data …

Biological factors influencing depression in later life: role of aging processes and treatment implications

SM Szymkowicz, AR Gerlach, D Homiack… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Late-life depression occurring in older adults is common, recurrent, and malignant. It is
characterized by affective symptoms, but also cognitive decline, medical comorbidity, and …

Gabapentin and pregabalin in bipolar disorder, anxiety states, and insomnia: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and rationale

JSW Hong, LZ Atkinson, N Al-Juffali, A Awad… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The gabapentinoids, gabapentin, and pregabalin, target the α2δ subunits of voltage-gated
calcium channels. Initially licensed for pain and seizures, they have become widely …

A cognitive biotype of depression and symptoms, behavior measures, neural circuits, and differential treatment outcomes: a Prespecified secondary analysis of a …

LM Hack, L Tozzi, S Zenteno, AM Olmsted… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cognitive deficits in depression have been associated with poor functional
capacity, frontal neural circuit dysfunction, and worse response to conventional …

[HTML][HTML] One size does not fit all: methodological considerations for brain-based predictive modeling in psychiatry

E Dhamala, BTT Yeo, AJ Holmes - Biological Psychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
Psychiatric illnesses are heterogeneous in nature. No illness manifests in the same way
across individuals, and no two patients with a shared diagnosis exhibit identical symptom …

Ketamine's acute effects on negative brain states are mediated through distinct altered states of consciousness in humans

LM Hack, X Zhang, BD Heifets, T Suppes… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ketamine commonly and rapidly induces dissociative and other altered states of
consciousness (ASCs) in humans. However, the neural mechanisms that contribute to these …

Personalized brain circuit scores identify clinically distinct biotypes in depression and anxiety

L Tozzi, X Zhang, A Pines, AM Olmsted, ES Zhai… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
There is an urgent need to derive quantitative measures based on coherent neurobiological
dysfunctions or 'biotypes' to enable stratification of patients with depression and anxiety. We …

Closing the loop in psychiatric deep brain stimulation: physiology, psychometrics, and plasticity

AS Widge - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an invasive approach to precise modulation of
psychiatrically relevant circuits. Although it has impressive results in open-label psychiatric …