The Latest Breaking News from Depression

News reports this morning describe how shocked doctors removed a live worm from a woman’s brain in a Canberra hospital last year. The woman had previously been admitted to hospital with stomach symptoms, dry cough and night sweats and months later experienced depression and forgetfulness that led to a brain…

Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before. A new therapeutic option, especially for depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is slowly helping to address some of these considerable unmet needs in our community.

Stimulating the vagus nerve is being hyped as the simplest way to reduce stress, dampen anxiety – and could even curb obesity. But what exactly is it? And how does tickling your ear help?

Could working out more lower symptoms of depression? Here’s what researchers from the University of British Columbia found.

Online gaming communities could be a vital lifeline for young men struggling silently with mental health issues, according to new research.

While sadness and low moods have been extensively studied and treatments sought, anhedonia treatments remain more elusive.

As the medicinal use of psychedelics gains mainstream attention, fears remain over their effect on mental health and the need for safe administration

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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