11 July 2023
Taking small amounts of the psychedelic substance LSD led to people sleeping for longer than when they took a placebo, but why this benefit only occurred the night after they microdosed is unclear
17 March 2023
A form of oestrogen known to be related to positive mood was found to be 43 per cent lower in premenopausal women with depression than those without the condition
23 January 2023
Escitalopram, a commonly prescribed antidepressant, reduced people's sensitivity to rewarding experiences in a small trial
4 October 2021
A treatment for depression that involves putting electrodes into the brain to respond to unique neural patterns has seen success for a woman
9 June 2021
Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is used as a pain reliever and recreationally. Now a study has found that it reduces symptoms of depression for two weeks when inhaled for one hour
4 December 2020
How does SAD affect you, how long does it last and it even a real disorder?
14 August 2020
The first systematic review of the evidence on meditation suggests that 8 per cent of people experience a negative effect such as depression, anxiety, psychosis or thoughts of suicide
27 July 2020
Healthy gut, happy mind: What to eat to boost how you feel.
12 June 2020
Mitul Mehta, who is a professor of neuroimaging and psychopharmacology at King's College London, is using brain scanners to explore how psychedelic drugs and even hypnosis influence the brain in an effort to find new ways to treat psychiatric and neurological...
10 February 2020
A machine-learning algorithm can predict who is most likely to respond best to an antidepressant by analysing the brain activity of people with depression
