In everyday language, the word depression is used in diverse ways and can refer to anything from passing feelings of sadness and unhappiness to chronic grief and deep despair. When clinicians and ...

In the not-too-distant future, a screening assessment for depression could include a quick brain scan to identify the best treatment. Brain imaging combined with machine learning can reveal subtypes ...

I was in my second year of medical school when Solomon Snyder, a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins Medical School, presented to our class his revolutionary work in brain chemistry and ...