Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief. The 67-year-old woman from Alabama had already endured four major depressive episodes ...

For some patients, removing brain tissue can help treat OCD and other disorders. But ethical concerns remain Frieda Klotz, Undark Psychiatric neurosurgery, originally known as psychosurgery, involves ...

Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of 'pacemaker' – has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an 'open ...

Northwell Health is conducting a clinical trial to address treatment-resistant depression using similar technology used to treat neurological diseases like Parkinson’s in an effort to seek options for ...

A new brain stimulating helmet that could improve the treatment of both depression and Parkinson's disease represents a "paradigm shift" for neuroscience, say researchers. The ultrasound device ...

Patients suffering from depression, anxiety and trauma-related disorders experienced significant relief from their symptoms after a new treatment that uses sound waves to modulate deep brain activity, ...

UAB researchers are involved in a new clinical trial to explore a promising treatment for adults suffering from major depressive disorder, especially for those who have not been successfully treated ...