Depression: Medical Research & Genomics

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Depression: Medical Research & Genomics

Mental health: The great depression. Depression causes more disability than any other disorder. A special issue explores how science can help. 
Nature, 12 November 2014 

The burden of depression: Mental health is gaining acceptance as a medical problem, but progress in finding treatments is being hampered by the stigma surrounding people’s everyday experiences. 
Nature editorial 12 November 2014

Medical research: If depression were cancer. Research into depression has struggled, while studies of cancer have thrived — but the balance could be shifting. 
Heidi Ledford, Nature 12 November 2014

Mental health: Depression needs large human-genetics studies. 
Steven Hyman. Nature, 12 November 2014

Genomic insights into the overlap between psychiatric disorders: implications for research and clinical practice. 
Doherty JL, et al. Genome Med. 2014 Apr 28;6(4):29.

Biomarkers in major depressive disorder: the role of mass spectrometry.
Woods AG, et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2014;806:545-60.

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