In the Media: How To Fight Depression? Faster
Dr. Diego A. Pizzagalli describes the goal of his research assessing depression severity and treatment options.
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In the Media: Found – A Brain-Wiring Pattern Linked to Depression
Dr. Diego A. Pizzagalli offers an independent review of a recent study that found a specific brain network to be larger in individuals with depression.
Neurotherapeutics Offer Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression
As a young psychiatrist, Stephen J. Seiner, MD, witnessed how effective electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was for some of the depressed patients he encountered during a geriatric fellowship at McLean. “I saw how lifesaving it could be for patients who did not respond to medication,” said Seiner. After...
Wellcome Leap Trial Aims To Improve Depression Care Through Precision Medicine
Depression has become the leading cause of disability worldwide across all illnesses, according to the World Health Organization. In only a single year, 264 million people deal with depression, and 800,000 lives are lost to suicide. Yet psychiatrists are often forced to resort to a trial-and-error...
In the Media: The Magic Pill Club
Drs. James I. Hudson and Diego A. Pizzagalli describe how the body reacts and processes mental health medications.
In the Media: Predictive Biomarkers Could Ease the Exhaustive Trial-and-Error of Antidepressants
Dr. Diego A. Pizzagalli’s clinical trial using MRIs to assess antidepressant effectiveness is featured.
McLean Hospital and GrayMatters Health Awarded a BIRD Foundation Grant
GrayMatters Health, a digital therapeutics start-up company, announced that the BIRD Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation awarded a grant to McLean Hospital and the company to develop a novel solution for the therapy of major depressive disorder (MDD) with anhedonia...
Conte Center Grant Expands Studies of Brain Mechanisms Behind Depression and Anxiety
With a $15,973,571, five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), investigators from McLean Hospital and four other institutions will further their studies into the brain mechanisms behind depression and anxiety. Under the title “Novel Treatment Targets for Affective Disorders...
Diego Pizzagalli, PhD, Named Editor of Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
McLean Hospital’s Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD, has been named editor of the journal Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience (CABN). Pizzagalli’s tenure as editor begins on January 1, 2021. Published six times each year, the publication presents empirical articles and reviews on behavior and...
Philanthropy Bolsters Research Into Teen Depression
How do you predict which teenagers will develop clinical depression? Can you use brain activity, mood or behavior patterns, and other information? Are there targeted prevention strategies that could stop a vulnerable young person from plunging into depression? And for teenagers who are currently...
