Depression and Medication (Part Two)
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the link between the severity or frequency of depression episodes and the appropriate medication indicated. Dr. Leuchter notes that most of the available medications for depressi...
Progress in Treating Mental Illnesses
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about progress in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and depression. Dr. Leuchter notes that in many instances, the symptoms of the illness are treated (with varying d...
Different Strokes: Prenatal Environment, The
Nurture begins in the womb as the fetus is exposed to various types of nutrition and agents that are potentially toxic. The significance of the prenatal environment was underscored in a longitudinal study of 10,000 families in England that began i...
Depression or Anxiety?
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the overlap between anxiety and depression, noting that, "...it's hard to know where one ends and the other begins."