Recently, Moncrieff and colleagues published a review of the evidence for the serotonin theory of depression, concluding that there was “no consistent evidence of there being an association between ...

Last week, in a groundbreaking paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, authors Joanna Moncrieff and colleagues debunked the theory (or myth) of depression as a chemical imbalance of serotonin, ...

Compared to the countless number of serotonin and dopamine-centered depression studies, the kynurenine pathway (KP) holds less research attention. However, with recent findings essentially dethroning ...

Imagine your brain is Instagram. Then serotonin—a neurotransmitter that governs your mood—is the tech that allows one brain nerve cell to slip into another’s DMs. These messages tell your body what to ...

Findings from a randomized and blinded clinical trial investigating repeated ketamine infusions for treating depression have ...

For more than three decades, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been the primary pharmacological intervention for people with depression. These drugs are based ...

Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, and Head of Neurochemical Imaging in the Mood Disorders at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), is the first psychiatrist to be honoured with the Royal College Medal ...