For decades, depression was explained to patients using a simple framework: the brain had too little serotonin, and antidepressants would correct the imbalance. That explanation was always a simplification of far more complex neuroscience, and the clinical evidence...
The most persistent misconception about treatment-resistant depression is that the word “resistant” means permanent. It does not. Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a clinical designation for major depression that has not responded adequately to at...
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is often explained as winter depression triggered by reduced daylight, as though the solution is simply waiting for spring. For people whose symptoms return year after year with increasing severity, or who have stopped responding to...
Postpartum depression is one of the most common complications of childbirth, affecting a meaningful percentage of new parents, yet it remains significantly undertreated. Part of that treatment gap reflects the social expectations surrounding new parenthood, where...
