Mood Disorders News

Dietary interventions can significantly reduce depressive symptoms, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Psychosomatic Medicine.

Researchers found no statistically significant association between trazodone use and a reduced risk for dementia among older adults compared with other antidepressants, according to a population- based cohort study published in PLOS Medicine.

Levomilnacipran extended release, an FDA-approved serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, has the potential to be an effective antidepressant for maintenance treatment and preventing relapse in patients with major depressive disorder, study results indicate.

In a paper recently published in BMJ, experts debated the benefits and harms of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT.

Study findings revealed women were twice as likely as men to have severe depression after experiencing a stroke.

Using Mendelian randomization, researchers found that being a morning person was causally associated with better mental health; however, it did not affect BMI or risk for diabetes.

Some patients were more likely to develop PTSD and/or major depressive disorder following mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI — particularly those with a history of mental health problems and those with TBI resulting from assault or violence, according to study findings.

Clinicians should ask about affective instability when screening for borderline personality disorder, or BPD, in patients with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder, according to findings from a report published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Physician mothers who cared for seriously ill relatives in addition to their children had significantly higher rates of burnout and mood or anxiety disorders, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Researchers were able to determine whether new mothers would experience worsening depressive symptoms in the first year after birth by identifying four maternal characteristics — parity, education, global functioning and depression severity, according to study findings.