Novel and emerging treatments for major depression

S Marwaha, E Palmer, T Suppes, E Cons, AH Young… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Depression is common, costly, debilitating, and associated with increased risk of suicide. It is
one of the leading global public health problems. Although existing available …

Psychedelic therapy for depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Ko, EI Kopra, AJ Cleare, JJ Rucker - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Psychedelic therapy shows promise for Major Depressive Disorder, especially
when treatment-resistant, as well as life-threatening illness distress. The objective of this …

Treatment‐resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions

RS McIntyre, M Alsuwaidan, BT Baune, M Berk… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Treatment‐resistant depression (TRD) is common and associated with multiple serious
public health implications. A consensus definition of TRD with demonstrated predictive utility …

Single-dose psilocybin treatment for major depressive disorder: a randomized clinical trial

CL Raison, G Sanacora, J Woolley, K Heinzerling… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Psilocybin shows promise as a treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD).
Objective To evaluate the magnitude, timing, and durability of antidepressant effects and …

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain

JS Siegel, S Subramanian, D Perry, BP Kay… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
A single dose of psilocybin, a psychedelic that acutely causes distortions of space–time
perception and ego dissolution, produces rapid and persistent therapeutic effects in human …

[HTML][HTML] Single-dose psilocybin-assisted therapy in major depressive disorder: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised clinical trial

R von Rotz, EM Schindowski, J Jungwirth… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Psilocybin has been suggested as a novel, rapid-acting treatment for
depression. Two consecutive doses have been shown to markedly decrease symptom …

Human brain effects of DMT assessed via EEG-fMRI

C Timmermann, L Roseman, S Haridas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Psychedelics have attracted medical interest, but their effects on human brain function are
incompletely understood. In a comprehensive, within-subjects, placebo-controlled design …

Must psilocybin always “assist psychotherapy”?

GM Goodwin, E Malievskaia, GA Fonzo… - American Journal of …, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Design Open-label Randomized Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Randomized, double-blind, placebo …

Psilocybin for treatment resistant depression in patients taking a concomitant SSRI medication

GM Goodwin, M Croal, D Feifel, JR Kelly… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Psilocybin is being investigated as a treatment in adults with treatment-resistant depression
(TRD). Withdrawal from serotonergic antidepressant drugs is a common prerequisite for …

Serotonin 2A Receptor (5-HT2AR) Agonists: Psychedelics and Non-Hallucinogenic Analogues as Emerging Antidepressants

W Duan, D Cao, S Wang, J Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Psychedelics make up a group of psychoactive compounds that induce hallucinogenic
effects by activating the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR). Clinical trials have demonstrated …