Depression News

HHS announced it has awarded $1 million 1-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic planning grants to 15 states through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Moderate to severe depression in patients with lung cancer was linked to elevated inflammation levels, and the biomarkers measuring inflammation predicted poor survival, according to study results published in PLOS ONE.

Temporal self-appraisals and reflected appraisals were not similar in people with depression, but were similar in people with euthymic mood, according to data published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

The prevalence of major depression was lower among bereaved children 15 years after participating in a family bereavement program compared with children who did not partake in the program, data showed.

A Seattle-based company announced it has secured $8 million in seed funding to promote an artificial intelligence-powered platform to assist in mental health assessments.

In older adults with treatment-resistant depression, antidepressant augmentation improved well-being significantly over 10 weeks compared with switching medications and was associated with higher incidence of remission.

For individuals diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression, response and remission rates for IV ketamine and intranasal esketamine were similar, but remission time was quicker with the former compared with the latter.

The FDA announced it does not plan to hold an advisory committee meeting on Sage and Biogen’s new drug application for zuranolone to treat major depressive disorder and postpartum depression in adults.

HHS announced it has awarded $250,000 in emergency funding to Community Action Agency of Columbiana County to assist with behavioral and other health concerns for those affected by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to a Finnish medical company for its portable, patient-administered neuromodulation device to treat depression.