Did you Know? News updates from Psychology Today's Blues Busters
Lasting Legacy
• New evidence linking childhood abuse to adult depression comes from a study of 32 women. Among 21 with a history of prepubertal physical and/or sexual abuse, the left hippocampus was 18% smaller, suggesting that the trauma had direct neurotoxic effects.
Outsmarting Poop-Out
• Sometimes antidepressants stop working during maintenance treatment. But Italian researchers show that a course of cognitive behavior therapy boosts responsiveness as much as raising the dose of drug.
