Neural effects of antidepressant medication and psychological treatments: a quantitative synthesis across three meta-analyses

CONCLUSIONS: This supports the notion of treatment-specific brain effects of antidepressants and psychotherapy. Both treatments induce changes in the affect network, but our results suggest that their effects on affect processing occur via distinct proximal neurocognitive mechanisms of action.PMID:33627201 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.2021.16

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - February 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Camilla L Nord Lisa Feldman Barrett Kristen A Lindquist Yina Ma Lindsey Marwood Ajay B Satpute Tim Dalgleish Source Type: research