A unique new therapy that applies electrical stimulation to a major nerve emanating from the brain is showing promise for major depression. In a recently completed clinical trial, trigeminal nerve stimulation achieved an average of a 70 percent reduction in symptom severity over an 8-week study.
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When feeling good can be bad: The influence of positive emotions on symptom severity in bipolar spectrum disorders
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. For most individuals with a bipolar spectrum disorder (e.g., bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia), life is experienced as a series of shifts between three phases: depression, mania/hypomania, and euthymia, a period during which the individual...
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