Major depressive disorder

W Marx, BWJH Penninx, M Solmi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of
interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, recurrent thoughts of death, and …

New and emerging approaches to treat psychiatric disorders

KW Scangos, MW State, AH Miller, JT Baker… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent, often devastating diseases that negatively impact
the lives of millions of people worldwide. Although their etiological and diagnostic …

Zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression

KM Deligiannidis, S Meltzer-Brody… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common perinatal complication with adverse
maternal and infant outcomes. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of zuranolone …

The future of psychopharmacology: a critical appraisal of ongoing phase 2/3 trials, and of some current trends aiming to de‐risk trial programmes of novel agents

CU Correll, M Solmi, S Cortese, M Fava… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable progress in pharmacotherapy over the past seven decades, many
mental disorders remain insufficiently treated. This situation is in part due to the limited …

Understanding the mechanism of action and clinical effects of neuroactive steroids and GABAergic compounds in major depressive disorder

AJ Cutler, GW Mattingly, V Maletic - Translational Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) is thought to result from impaired
connectivity between key brain networks. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the key …

GABAA receptors as targets for treating affective and cognitive symptoms of depression

B Luscher, JL Maguire, U Rudolph, E Sibille - Trends in Pharmacological …, 2023 - cell.com
In the past 20 years, our understanding of the pathophysiology of depression has evolved
from a focus on an imbalance of monoaminergic neurotransmitters to a multifactorial picture …

Novel neurosteroid therapeutics for post-partum depression: perspectives on clinical trials, program development, active research, and future directions

R Patterson, I Balan, AL Morrow… - …, 2024 - nature.com
This article reviews novel neurosteroid therapeutics for post-partum depression, with a focus
on their development, clinical trial data, current practices, and future directions in this …

Zuranolone for the treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a randomized, placebo‐controlled phase 3 trial

AH Clayton, R Lasser, SV Parikh… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: This study assessed the efficacy and safety of a 14-day treatment course of once-
daily zuranolone 50 mg, an investigational oral positive allosteric modulator of the γ …

Finding new and better treatments for psychiatric disorders

SM Paul, WZ Potter - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
In contrast to most fields of medicine, progress to discover and develop new and improved
psychiatric drugs has been slow and disappointing. The vast majority of currently prescribed …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of rapid-acting antidepressants: new perspectives for developing antidepressants

T Chen, L Cheng, J Ma, J Yuan, C Pi, L Xiong… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic relapsing psychiatric disorder. Conventional
antidepressants usually require several weeks of continuous administration to exert …