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Midlife Choices May Offset Genetic Risk for Dementia, Stroke, Late-Life Depression

Risk of common age-related brain diseases was reduced over 12-year follow-up

Nov 08, 2024
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Opinion
Going Beyond Hearing Aids for Equal Care Access

Hearing loss is only becoming more prevalent

Oct 27, 2024
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Older Men's Connections Often Wither When They're on Their Own

Nearly one in four men over 75 live alone, leaving them vulnerable to depression and suicide

Oct 13, 2024
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Emerging Depression Tied to Earliest Alzheimer's Pathology

Symptoms linked with very early amyloid accumulation in emotional control brain regions

Aug 29, 2024
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Antidepressants May Reduce Risk of Falls in Older Adults

Results differ from previous studies suggesting an increased risk

Aug 27, 2024
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Opinion
Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter

How to care for those who no longer care about themselves

Dec 02, 2023
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Experts Warn on Mixing New Alzheimer's Drug and Antidepressants

Patients starting SSRIs and lecanemab may warrant close monitoring

Aug 18, 2023
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Adding Abilify Eased Tough-to-Treat Depression in Seniors

Augmenting antidepressants with aripiprazole significantly better than switching to bupropion

Mar 03, 2023
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Opinion
Don't Normalize Depression in Older Adults

Access to treatment among seniors is critical, just as with any other age group

Oct 31, 2022
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Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift?

Once the province of philanthropy, industry and government sources show interest

Nov 24, 2021
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Jury Still Out on Lithium's Antisuicidal Effects

Adjunct lithium offered no additional suicide protection for bipolar, depressed vets

Nov 17, 2021
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FDA Panel Shows Little Love for Prader-Willi Drug Candidate

All but one committee member said phase III evidence for carbetocin nasal spray was insufficient

Nov 05, 2021
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Improvements in Treatment-Resistant Depression With Esketamine

Pooled data from randomized trials showed better scores on the PHQ-9 as well

Nov 02, 2021
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Migraine Drug Shows Benefit for Those With Comorbid Depression, Anxiety

Real-world study of fremanezumab found that patients were able to reduce antidepressant use

Nov 01, 2021
Psych Congress over a photo of Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
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