Dr. Arun Raj Kuwar is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Nepal. He is the first child psychiatrist in the country and heads the Child and Adolescence Psychiatry Unit at Kanti Children’s Hospital in Maharajgunj.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, A. John Rush, MD, FACP, MPP, Professor Emeritus of the Duke-NUS Medical School at the National University of Singapore, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Difficult-to-Treat Depression (DTD): Clinical value and research challenges."
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Francisco Romo-Nava, MD, Ph.D., a University of Cincinnati researcher, is continuing to enroll participants ages 18-55 who aren t currently on medication. He wants to determine whether they ll respond to electrical stimulation as a way to treat depression and other psychological illnesses. If we can fix that disturbance, we may be able to improve both the mental and physical health of patients, he says. Romo-Nava believes the interaction between the brain and the body is a self-regulating feedback circuit that is often disturbed in psychiatric disorders.
UC says it is the first to study depression using electrical stimulation.
Researchers attach electrodes to the back and shoulder and deliver stimulation for 20 minutes each, three times a week for eight weeks. Romo-Nava says participants will barely feel it and it won t hurt them.
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