Will Genetic Research Lead to Targeted, Personalized Treatment for Depression? (0:44)
The latest genetric research for depression offers hope for more personalized and effective treatment. Psychiatrist Sudeepta Varma, MD, discusses some of the newest developments in this WisePatient video.
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I think so, and I think we're looking sort of at the receptor level, and most of the medications that we have right now are dealing with the serotonin or epinephrine. Newer medications are looking at the glutamates system so the hyper excitedory function, and actually one of the newer thoughts is that ketamine, which is a horse tranquilizer could potentially somewhere down the line be effective as a treatment of depression. So there are novel treatments that are being studied right now.
Sudeepta Varma, MD, is a board certified psychiatrist at the NYU Langone Medical Center. She was also the founding medical director and attending psychiatrist to a prestigious mental health program at NYU Langone.
