Anthony Frais

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Use of antipsychotics in primary care treatment of severe depression?

Anxiety and severe depression go hand in hand. Anxiety makes severe depression a physically uncomfortable experience for the patient in addition to the psychological symptoms. If you lessen the...

10 December 2015 1,719 12 View

Severe depression treatment with antidepresants?

Approximately, only 30% of severely depressed patients respond to antidepressents. Is there a study that examines why these 30% of patients respond? Could it be down to a placebo effect for the...

17 December 2014 3,812 12 View

Brain scans of severely depressed people show reduction of of grey matter in various areas of the brain but when does this degeneration begin?

Brain scans of severely depressed patients show reduction in grey matter volume in a number of areas of the brain associated with regulation of mood and cognition. But what comes first? Is it the...

17 December 2014 4,484 17 View

If severely depressed people cannot remember the past in any great detail, how can they ruminate with any great detail on only their misfortunes?

A Paradox? It is well established that severely depressed patients have deficits in their autobiographical memory - their memories are 'overgeneral' and lacking in any detail. Studies suggest that...

05 October 2014 6,886 13 View

Is there any evidence of increased creative activity in severely depressed patients after successful ect therapy?

Could ect treatment stimulate parts of the 'creative' brain?

16 January 2014 793 3 View