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Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Depression in Chronically Ill Patients
Mass General researchers were part of the first group to investigate whether mindfulness-based cognitive therapy might relieve depression in people with chronic pain.
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Women with Major Depression During Pregnancy Have High Rates of Recurrence During Their Child's Formative Years
Depression during pregnancy is highly likely to recur after delivery, Mass General researchers have determined. The finding implies that maternal depression is a major confounder when assessing the influence of prenatal antidepressant exposure on child neurodevelopment.
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Effective Ketamine Dosages for Treatment-resistant Depression Identified
Ketamine has long been used as a general anesthetic, but more recent research has found it to be effective in rapidly relieving depression symptoms when given at low, subanesthetic doses. New research identifies two optimal dosages.
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Propensity Score Weighting Accounts Well for Placebo Response in Two Trials of Medical Therapy for MDD
Maurizio Fava, MD, and colleagues previously developed an AI approach to account for the propensity to respond to placebo in randomized, controlled trials of drugs for major depressive disorder (MDD), and they show the method more accurately interprets the results of trials complicated by the placebo response.
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Chief of Psychiatry, Maurizio Fava, MD, Discusses U.S. News & World Report ranking Mass General #1 for Psychiatry in 2024-25
The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry has been recognized for its exceptional commitment to advancing mental healthcare. Mass General was ranked #1 Psychiatry in the nation for Psychiatry in 2024-25 by U.S. News and World Report.
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Children of Parents With ADHD Are at Substantial Risk of Developing ADHD and Associated Impairments
Joseph Biederman, MD, Mai Uchida, MD, and colleagues have demonstrated that children of parents who have ADHD are at significant risk of developing full or subsyndromal forms of ADHD themselves, as well as ADHD-associated psychiatric, cognitive, social, and educational impairments.
Depression Contributors
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Cristina Cusin, MD
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Staff Psychiatrist, Depression Clinical and Research Program
Recent Article
Q&A with Dr. Cristina Cusin: What to Know About Esketamine and Ketamine Treatment
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David Mischoulon, MD, PhD
Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Joyce R. Tedlow Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Heated Yoga Linked to Reduction of Moderate to Severe Depressive Symptoms in Randomized Controlled Trial
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Maurizio Fava, MD
Psychiatrist-In-Chief; Director, Division of Clinical Research of the MGH Research Institute, Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research, Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Propensity Score Weighting Accounts Well for Placebo Response in Two Trials of Medical Therapy for MDD
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