Depression
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Medicaid Expansion and Veterans’ Reliance on the VA for Depression Care
In 2001, before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some states expanded Medicaid coverage to include an array of mental health services, changing...
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The danger when doctors don’t get mental health help
“There is a real fear for physicians when it comes to getting mental health care.”
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Single dose of psilocybin for major depression tied to short-term remission
“The findings are both intriguing and sobering.”
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Major depression treatments boost brain connectivity
“This is the thing everyone is looking for when we’re talking about a biomarker: That we see this exact pattern” – and it is why they are so...
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Hormone therapy–depression link may depend on mode of administration
Registry study suggests different effects from local and systemic types of hormone therapy plus age.
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Brussels terror attack victim euthanized in Belgium at age 23
Although she was not physically injured, the Flemish teen was traumatized by the attack.
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Preexisting mental illness symptoms spiked during pandemic
Disease severity was higher among individuals with preexisting mental illness admitted to inpatient care in the wake of COVID-19.
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Self-worth training boosts ketamine’s effects in severe depression
The double-blind, randomized clinical trial is the first to assess combining ketamine with a low-cost protective learning program.
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‘Disturbing’ lack of follow-up care after psychiatric crises
Patients who had received both primary care and mental health care before an acute event had the highest odds of receiving follow-up.
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Poor visual acuity linked to depression, changes in brain structure
Visual impairment was associated with a 19% higher risk for depression.