Chapters

Transcript

Video

The Neurobiology of Depression [Psychiatry]

We know what depression looks like on the outside, in terms of a patient’s behavior, but our medical understanding of the actual progression of the disease and its treatments continues to evolve.  “There are clear differences between a healthy brain and a depressed brain,” says Rachel Katz, MD, a Yale Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry. “The exciting thing is, when you treat that depression effectively, the brain goes back to looking like a healthy brain.”  In this video, Dr. Katz joins John Krystal, MD, chair of Yale’s Department of Psychiatry, in explaining how depression manifests in the brain. 

Related Presenters

John Krystal, MD.

John Krystal, MD

Chair, Department of Psychiatry

John Krystal, MD, is a leading expert in the areas of alcoholism, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and depression. His work links psychopharmacology, neuroimaging, molecular genetics, and computational neuroscience to study ...

View full profile