Pressing Reset on Depression
January 26, 2022
Transcranial magnetic stimulation offers hope for antidepressant-resistant psychiatric disorders at UC San Diego Health.
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UC San Diego Embraces Student Wellness, Raises Awareness of Mental Health
November 14, 2012
The University of California, San Diego has a message for its students: your emotional wellness is a top priority. The campus offers a variety of resources to help students achieve a healthy and balanced lifestyle, including UC San Diego’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). The goal of CAPS is to…
Magnetic Seizure Therapy may be Attractive Alternative to Electricity
October 20, 2021
In novel study, an international research team investigated whether continued magnetic seizure therapy might effectively prevent the relapse of treatment-resistant depression, compared to what is known about electroconvulsive therapy, the current standard of care.
Pandemic Lockdowns Had Severe Mental Health Consequences for Women in the Developing World
March 31, 2022
While potentially crucial to preventing the spread of COVID-19, lockdowns are associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety as well as food insecurity among women in India and other parts of the developing world, according to a new research. Credit: Travel Wild/iStock.
Scientists Discover “Dimmer Switch” For Mood Disorders
September 18, 2014
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a control mechanism for an area of the brain that processes sensory and emotive information that humans experience as “disappointment.”
New Studies of Brain Activity Explain Benefits of Electroconvulsive Therapy
November 16, 2023
Researchers from UC San Diego have shed new light on why electroconvulsive therapy has such a high success rate, a mystery that has puzzled doctors and scientists for almost a century. Findings could help improve this controversial treatment.
Metabolism May Play Role in Recurrent Major Depression
January 12, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists, have found that certain metabolites — small molecules produced by the process of metabolism — may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder.
Lewis Judd to Step Down After 36 Years as Chair of Department of Psychiatry
June 13, 2013
…treating mental disorders like depression as the result of neurological and biological dysfunction, and arguing that they could be effectively treated with appropriate, rigorously developed psychopharmaceuticals. It wasn’t so long ago that this was a novel and highly debatable idea. In 1988, for example, in a Q&A in Parade magazine,…
Paradox of Aging: The Older We Get, the Better We Feel?
December 7, 2012
Aging has been viewed as a period of progressive decline in physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning, and is viewed by many as the “number one public health problem” facing Americans today. This negative view of aging contrasts with results of a comprehensive study of 1,006 older adults in San Diego…
Clinical Trial Teaches Binge Eaters to Toss Away Cravings
February 9, 2012
Of 190 million obese Americans, approximately 10-15 percent engage in harmful binge eating. During single sittings, these over-eaters consume large servings of high-caloric foods. Sufferers contend with weight gain and depression including heart disease and diabetes.
