Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside of a digestive tract Precise changes in the connectivity between neurons caused by an imbalance of gut bacteria may help ...

Dr. Harold Koenig answers the question: 'What Is Depression?' — -- Question: What is the difference between depression and manic depression (bipolar disorder)? Answer: Depression and manic ...

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults, and found that those who used cannabis in the past year were more likely to develop psychotic and bipolar disorders, depression and ...

Diagnosing bipolar disorder can be difficult. While it is not hard to distinguish between its two characteristic phases—the high spirits of mania and the low spirits of depression—it is challenging to ...

Adolescents who use cannabis could face a significantly higher risk of developing serious psychiatric disorders by young ...

Psychiatrists are adopting a novel approach to uncover the causes of bipolar depression, with the illness now being viewed not just as a mood disorder but as a metabolic disturbance that can be ...

Dr. Roy Perlis answers the question: 'Bipolar Disorder & 'Regular' Depression?' — -- Question: How is bipolar disorder different from unipolar depression or 'regular' depression? Answer: Both ...

August 3, 2010 — A single intravenous dose of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist ketamine hydrochloride produces a robust antidepressant effect within 40 minutes in patients with ...

Baylor College of Medicine received nearly $10 million in funding from the NIH BRAIN Initiative to study effective treatments for the depressive phase of bipolar disorder. In the span of five years, ...

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be far more effective than algorithm-based drug therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression in what is believed to be the first randomized, controlled ...

Scientists successfully induce bipolar depression in mice within 24 hours after transplanting human gut bacteria.