![Study Finds Changes in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Over 20 Years Study Finds Changes in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Over 20 Years](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/maturemanthinking-1440.png?itok=3XTS2UqO)
A study covering the 20 years between 1997 and 2016 shows that substantial changes have occurred in the way doctors are treating outpatients diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Among a number of…
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![In a Surprising Clinical Trial, Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects Lasted Longer](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/ketamine-1440_1.png?itok=bBKCvesO)
Carefully designed, exquisitely controlled experiments sometimes don't produce the result predicted in advance—the research “hypothesis” that is the starting point for a program of research. That is…
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![Study Links Brain Connectivity Patterns with Response to Specific Antidepressant and Placebo](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/abstractfuturisticlinesdotsgridintertwiningweb2-1440-short_0.jpg?itok=kJCVARnD)
Bit by bit, a growing body of evidence is leading psychiatry toward the goal of being able to treat patients on a highly individualized basis, based on their distinctive biology.
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![Study: Ketamine Restores Neural Connection Points Lost in Stress & Depression Study: Ketamine Restores Neural Connection Points Lost in Stress & Depression](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/neuroncellsnetworkconcept-1440_7.jpg?itok=d30J9VRZ)
Researchers led by 2013 BBRF Young Investigator Conor Liston, M.D., Ph.D., have just reported a surprising finding about the drug ketamine, concerning the way it acts on the brain.
Approved many…
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![Opioids, at Very Low Doses, May Provide a New Way to Treat Resistant Depression Opioids, at Very Low Doses, May Provide a New Way to Treat Resistant Depression](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/ketamine-1440_0.png?itok=pfkGYHvv)
One of the most promising new therapy ideas for brain and behavior disorders may at first seem improbable: using opioid-based medicines to reduce the symptoms of depression. Isn’t our society in the…
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