Every year, millions of people start taking a drug with therapeutic effects that can’t be fully explained, for a condition that can’t be objectively diagnosed with a laboratory test. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, are among the most prescribed medications in the world. Yet, even after decades of use, scientists are still untangling the
The brains of people with depression seem to be worse at producing new neurons than are those of people without the disorder. That’s according to a study1 that includes the most comprehensive map of the cell types in the human adult hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning, memory and emotions. For more than 20
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink, gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy’s story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January 2023, according to an analysis of her phone data presented at Thursday’s murder trial in Massachusetts. Clancy looked up
Mouse models All animal experiments at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) were conducted in accordance with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the Chancellor’s Animal Research Committee at UCLA. The UCLA ARC protocol numbers for the experiments were 2009-043, 2020-002, 2017-039
SAN FRANCISCO– All charges against a radiologist accused of trying to kill his family in 2023 by driving his car off a cliff along the Northern California coast were dismissed by a judge after he completed a mental health program. Prosecutors charged Dharmesh Patel, 45, with attempted murder after he drove his Tesla off a
