Assessing depression in the elderly is acknowledged to be difficult because depression may have atypical presentations in elderly individuals. Numerous rating scales for depression are available ...

the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), first created by Yesavage et al., has been tested and used extensively with the older population. It is a brief questionnaire in which participants are asked ...

Mental health screening measures like the DASS-21 can be useful in determining which clients might need to be referred for ...

A new trial suggests that at-home brain stimulation could potentially be a first-line treatment for depression. However, some ...

Antidepressants, the gold standard treatment for depression, don’t work for many people. Will psilocybin be an alternative?

A meta-analysis of 25 randomized clinical trials sought to determine the effects of aerobic physical activity on depressive symptoms in patients with cancer. A meta-analysis of clinical trials showed ...

Miindfulness-based stress reduction may be as effective as escitalopram (Lexapro — an SSRI commonly used to treat depression ...

This study highlights the efficacy of home-based tDCS in treating major depressive disorder, with significant improvements in ...

Williams, Allison L., Acacia C. Parks, Grace Cormier, Julia Stafford, and A.V. Whillans. "Improving Resilience Among Employees High in Depression, Anxiety, and ...

The Phase IIa study (NCT06235905) met its primary endpoint – showing a clinically meaningful improvement of -6.1 on the ...

When you think of brain stimulating medtech, startups building wearables as therapeutics probably aren't the first thing that ...