Depression News

Severity in symptoms of late-life depression may be linked to geography, as well as racial/ethnic disparities depending on location, according to a cohort study published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

About one in 333 women experienced a severe maternal morbidity event or illness during postpartum that could have resulted in death, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Treatment-resistant depression prevalence varied by sex, race and age, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Stratified care correlated with better depression outcomes compared with stepped care among adults with common mental disorders, according to results of a cluster randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The number of psychiatrists who provided psychotherapy significantly declined between 1996 and 2016, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Mental health outcomes among health care workers have improved compared with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a longitudinal cohort study conducted in Italy.

Sage Therapeutics Inc. and Biogen Inc. released 12-month data showing zuranolone was generally well-tolerated among adults with major depressive disorder.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research awarded $2 million to a pair of researchers at Yale University for a clinical trial involving ketamine to treat depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Adults aged 18 to 64 years may have a higher risk for an ED visit on extremely hot days compared with those older than 75 years, according to findings published in The BMJ.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia may help prevent major depression among older adults with insomnia disorder, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.