Is Mood related to serotonin…
A meta-analysis of serotonin studies, conducted at the University of Amsterdam, has shown that low serotonin does not act as a depressant because when it was lowered in healthy individuals […]
Early imaging predictors of long-term outcomes in relapse-onset Multiple Sclerosis…
Conventional magnetic resonance imaging measures available in routine clinical practice may be useful in counselling patients with clinically isolated syndrome and early multiple sclerosis about long-term disease course and might […]
The cerebellum’s role in movement and cognition…
The below mentioned paper gathers diverse views on a variety of important roles played by the cerebellum across a range of cognitive and emotional functioning. In doing so, and whilst […]
The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy?
Empirical evidence has supported the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy. For instance, patients who receive psychodynamic therapy maintain therapeutic gains and appear to continue to improve after treatment ends. Furthermore, non psychodynamic therapies may […]
Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy the current gold standard of psychotherapy?
Taking into account the number of publications/studies, academic programs, and/or practicing professionals, the authors of the below-mentioned article argue cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the gold standard of the psychotherapy field. […]
Antidepressant treatment, not depression, leads to reductions in behavioral responses to pain empathy…
Depression is a medical condition comprising of a prominent and persistent period of depressed mood and/or markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities that predominates the clinical […]
Multiple Sclerosis Report…
The below mentioned report outlines recommendations on the diagnosis, therapeutic strategies and improving access to treatment in Multiple Sclerosis. The core recommendation pertains to the goal of treating MS should be based […]
Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Resistant Patients…
The presented paper concerns the pharmacological treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). It especially focuses on what to do when patients do not respond to a standard dose of an […]
Transcranial direct current stimulation in post stroke aphasia and primary progressive aphasia: Current knowledge and future clinical applications…
During transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a low-intensity direct electrical current is applied to the scalp to influence the electrical activity in the underlying cortex. In most cases, the tDCS […]
Brain Stimulation for Depressive Symptoms…
A new research study by researchers at the University of California San Francisco has found patients with moderate to severe depression reported significant improvements in mood when researchers precisely stimulated […]
Three Shades of Depression…
Researchers from the Neural Computational Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in collaboration with their colleagues at Nara Institute of Science and Technology and clinicians […]
