Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patient Valerie Zeko sits in the treatment room at Stanford University Brain Stimulation Lab in Palo Alto, California, on January ...

Patients suffering from depression, anxiety and trauma-related disorders experienced significant relief from their symptoms after a new treatment that uses sound waves to modulate deep brain activity, ...

Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief. The 67-year-old woman from Alabama had already endured four major depressive episodes ...

What is Deep Brain Stimulation for depression? Discover how the TRANSCEND trial at UT Southwestern is using "brain pacemakers" to treat treatment-resistant depression by targeting neural communication ...

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai today announced the enrollment of its first patient in a U.S. Department of ...

Northwell Health is conducting a clinical trial to address treatment-resistant depression using similar technology used to treat neurological diseases like Parkinson’s in an effort to seek options for ...

During his third-year psychiatry clerkship as a medical student, Zach Rosenthal, MD, Ph.D., was part of a team providing care to a young man with schizophrenia and severe catatonia. "He was stuck ...

Story by Kristen Rogers. Photographs by Carolyn Fong for CNN Jan 15, 2026 Jan 15, 2026 Updated Jan 20, 2026 Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on the couch watching TV ...

Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on the couch watching TV instead of seeing friends or exploring the overcast beach near her house. She later learned that period was ...

Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Dial or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for free and confidential support. Summer passed Valerie Zeko ...