Depression | Top 27 novel treatment findings

Vortioxetine improves mood and cognition in patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Treatment with Vortioxetine led to decreased levels of YY1 and IL-1β in blood samples, improved cognitive function, and reversed glucose metabolism changes in key brain areas associated with depression.

Study published: 2022-06-21

Psilocybin rapidly reduces depression in patients with major depressive disorder

The treatments showed potential for rapid and sustained reduction in depressive and anxiety symptoms, with specific effects noted for each hallucinogen in various patient populations.

Study published: 2024-06-20

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces depression in veterans with chronic pain.

Participants showed an initial decrease in depression scores, indicating a positive response to rTMS treatment, particularly those with headaches/migraines who experienced greater initial improvement.

Study published: 2023-06-28

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation improves treatment outcomes for patients with Major Depressive Disorder.

Studies showed that TMS combined with antidepressants resulted in greater efficacy for treating MDD compared to either treatment alone.

Study published: 2022-11-04

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia improves cognitive function in bipolar disorder patients.

The systematic review found a significant association between sleep disturbance and cognitive impairment in mood disorders, suggesting that treating sleep issues may improve cognitive function.

Study published: 2022-07-25

Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation reduces depression severity in adults with major depressive disorder.

The active tDCS group showed higher gamma PLV connectivity compared to the sham group, with significant positive correlations between changes in delta, theta, alpha, and beta PLV and improvements in depression severity. The highest prediction accuracy for treatment remission was 71.94%.

Study published: 2024-06-10

Antidepressant therapy improves social touch response in patients with major depressive disorder

Clinical symptoms decreased after treatment, with 43.4% of patients classified as responders. However, patients still reported higher aversion to social touch and lower comfort ratings compared to controls, indicating persistent dysfunction in social reward processing.

Study published: 2021-12-17

Escitalopram reduces serotonin receptor binding in patients with major depression

Patients with MDD showed lower cerebral 5-HTR binding compared to healthy controls, suggesting that 5-HTR could serve as a biomarker for MDD. Successful treatment with SSRIs was associated with changes in 5-HTR binding, indicating a potential mechanism for treatment response.

Study published: 2021-06-20

MicroRNAs predict antidepressant response

Identified specific microRNAs (mir-1202, mir-135, mir-124, and mir-16) that may serve as biomarkers for diagnosing MDD and predicting response to antidepressants.

Study published: 2024-02-18

AI enhances depression treatment outcomes

The Active group using the CDSS showed a significantly higher remission rate of 28.6% compared to 0% in the Active-Control group, demonstrating the effectiveness of the AI-powered system in improving treatment outcomes for patients with MDD.

Study published: 2024-06-13

Electroconvulsive therapy improves auditory response in patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.

The study found a significant increase in loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials (LDAEP) post-ECT, suggesting complex interactions with neurobiological systems rather than a straightforward increase in serotonergic activity.

Study published: 2024-04-29

Cannabidiol impacts immune cells in depression

CBD administration significantly increased the populations of CD20+CB2+, CD3+CB2+, CD4+CB2+, CD8+CB2+, and FoxP3+CB1+ cells, indicating a potential therapeutic effect on immune dysregulation in MDD.

Study published: 2023-04-25

Optimized coil placement enhances rTMS efficacy

The computationally optimized coil placement method resulted in the strongest induced E-field, correlating with improved depression severity in participants who completed the treatment.

Study published: 2023-02-08

Electroconvulsive therapy improves depression in patients with severe depressive episodes.

The study found that EEG measures, particularly the slope of the power-law in the power spectral density, were associated with hippocampal volume changes and improvements in depression rating scores following ECT.

Study published: 2021-11-03

Exercise improves mood in elderly depression

Improvement in mood, reduction in depressive symptoms, and enhanced overall well-being in elderly patients participating in regular exercise.

Study published: 2022-06-27

Low-dose IL-2 enhances antidepressant effects in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression.

The treatment significantly potentiated the antidepressant response in both major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) patients, with rapid changes in immune cell counts predicting improvements in depression severity.

Study published: 2023-09-14

Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation reduces depression symptoms in unmedicated adults with Major Depressive Disorder.

The active tsDCS group showed a significant reduction in depression severity as measured by MADRS scores, with a large effect size. Additionally, there was a notable decrease in reported sadness and cumulative reduction in diastolic blood pressure compared to the sham group.

Study published: 2023-05-21

Electroconvulsive therapy increases cortical thickness in patients with severe depression.

The review indicates that ECT is associated with widespread increases in cortical thickness in depressed patients, particularly in the temporal, insular, and frontal regions. These changes may correlate with clinical efficacy, suggesting a positive impact on depressive symptoms.

Study published: 2023-10-26

Patients with major depressive disorder show improved symptoms with escitalopram and bupropion treatment.

Responders exhibited decreased alpha and increased beta connectivity, along with early decreases in coarse scale entropy, indicating a positive treatment response. Approximately 40-60% of individual patients showed EEG characteristics consistent with group findings.

Study published: 2020-11-12

Telemedicine benefits patients with depression

Significant improvement in well-being and SCL-90R total scores among participants, especially those with depression; high satisfaction rates reported by users of telepsychiatry.

Study published: 2022-06-27

Polygenic risk scores predict antidepressant response

The study found that patients in the highest quintile of MDD-PRS were more likely to not achieve remission, indicating a potential predictive value of PRS in treatment outcomes. Nominal associations were also observed between MDD-PRS and non-response, as well as SCZ-PRS and non-remission.

Study published: 2021-06-01

DNA Methylation Predicts Depression Treatment Response

Identifying DNAm signatures associated with treatment response could lead to more personalized treatment approaches, improving outcomes for patients with MDD.

Study published: 2023-12-02

AI aids antidepressant selection decisions

Clinicians found the CDW interface most useful for decision-making, with 59.1% reporting it impacted their choices. The CDW interface led to a higher rate of treatment selection changes compared to the other interfaces, indicating its effectiveness in aiding clinical decisions.

Study published: 2022-11-03

AI tool aids major depression treatment

86% of physicians found the CDSS provided a more comprehensive understanding of patient situations, and 62% of patients reported improvement in their care due to the tool. Additionally, 71% of physicians and 62% of patients expressed trust in the CDSS.

Study published: 2022-01-14

Combination of antidepressants and antipsychotics improves outcomes in older women with treatment-resistant depression.

The study found that 23.9% of patients treated for depression were identified as having TRD, with a standardized prevalence of 35.1 per 10,000 patients. The use of second-generation antipsychotics as potentiators of ADs was highlighted as a common practice.

Study published: 2024-01-20

Antidepressants alter brain metabolites

Some studies indicated an increase in glutamate levels in the anterior cingulate cortex after (es-)ketamine administration, suggesting potential positive outcomes in neurotransmitter modulation.

Study published: 2023-06-18

Aperiodic neural activity increases in MDD

Unmedicated MDD patients showed flatter aperiodic slopes during N2 sleep compared to healthy controls, and these slopes correlated with depression severity after 7 days of antidepressant treatment. Increased variability of slopes was observed in both unmedicated and medicated states of MDD patients compared to controls.

Study published: 2022-06-05