http://embarc.utsouthwestern.edu Personalized Treatment for Depression http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/02/brain-initiative-challenges-researchers-unlock-mysteries-human-mind BRAIN Initiative Challenges Researchers to Unlock Mysteries of Human Mind http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/opinion/a-parents-depression.html Letter to the editor in response to article Is Depression Inherited?, Sunday Review, July 29 http://embarc.utsouthwestern.edu/docs/mindscapes_summer2012.pdf Mass General researchers pursue breakthroughs in diagnostic tools and novel therapies http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-31/brain-scans-seeks-best-drug-match-for-depression-patients People with depression often cycle through several drugs before they find one that helps. Now, at least three... http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=38554 Doctors have a variety of drug options for treatment of depression. But there is currently no way to determine which antidepressant will work best for a given patient... http://www.the33tv.com/about/station/newsteam/kdaf-blood-test-for-depression-study-m-20120530,0,1599120.story Blood test to determine best medication for depression http://ummentalhealth.info/2012/05/18/predicting-depression-treatment-response/ A collaboration between the University of Michigan Depression Center and three other institutions will investigate how biomarkers can be used to predict how those with depression will respond to treatment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-a-oquendo-md/biosignature_b_1515663.html Article on Huffinton Post regarding EMBARC - Recovery from a major depression is as reliant on clinical art and chance as it is on science. The consequences are that too many of the one in five Americans affected each year... http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2012/may/trivedi-depression-may15.html UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists are leading a national clinical trial to find biomarkers that can better predict how people suffering from depression will respond to medications so physicians eventually can personalize treatments. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01407094 This study has been officially registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov listing. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/outreach/coalition/meeting-april-2011/index.shtml The meeting served as an opportunity for representatives from professional organizations with an interest in NIMH research to hear about advances in mental health research and current and new research directions and strategies for NIMH. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/outreach/alliance/alliance-report-february-2011/index.shtml The Alliance meeting serves as an opportunity for participants to hear about exciting new research and advances in the field, to network with colleagues, and to interact directly with the NIMH leadership. Participants heard presentations on future directions for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), new initiatives for the mental health and neuroscience advocacy community, and a new NIMH study, Establishing Moderators/Mediators for a Biosignature of Antidepressant Response in Clinical Care (EMBARC).