Legendary news anchor and award-winning journalist, Mike Wallace passed away on April 7, 2012 at the age of 93. As the pioneer of the hugely popular, "60 Minutes" TV news show, Wallace was best known for his unique...
Depression
Did you know that almost 7% of the U.S. population is diagnosed with depression?
New Foundation-funded research about depression treatment includes:
- Identifying how variations in genes that affect the brain chemical serotonin influence response to antidepressants
- Using brain imaging to monitor the effectiveness of both traditional and novel antidepressant therapies
- Understanding the role of synaptic signaling in depression and what types of new treatments may be developed to improve the effectiveness of antidepressants
Mike Wallace
April 10, 2012
Deborah Barnes, PhD, MPH
May 09, 2012
NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Deborah E. Barnes, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), is the lead author of a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry that found that depressive symptoms that occur in both midlife and latelife are associated...
TAGS: Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain Matters, Diagnostic Tools / Early Intervention, Discoveries, Depression, Other Illnesses
HDAC6
May 01, 2012
Two-time NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Olivier Berton, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a team of researchers have shown that the...
April 20, 2012
Results of research by a team of researchers at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago were published in Translational Psychiatry on April 17th, showing that a blood test can diagnose depression in teens. This marks the development of a biologically-based ...
Helen Mayberg, M.D.
April 18, 2012
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a newer treatment option for patients with severe depression.
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