How can we tell if a depression treatment works beyond placebo? A new real-world method measuring placebo shows that ...

Depression is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, affecting approximately 4% of the global population. It is characterized by a persistent low mood, disruptions in typical ...

Although antidepressant medications are the gold standard of care for major depressive disorder, evidence is limited to date regarding their efficacy vs pill placebo for patients with less severe ...

March 16, 2011 (Vienna, Austria) — Nearly three-quarters of healthy individuals report that they would consent to being prescribed a placebo medication if they experienced depression, according new ...

To understand how a person can be so desperate for pain relief that they can trick themselves into thinking they've been given an agony-abating medication, it helps to step back in history: In 1772, ...

A multicenter research effort in China conducted clinical trial testing of oral berberine for six months in diabetes-free ...