Progress in Brain Research, Volume 278, the latest release in this ongoing serial, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Treatment Resistant Depression overview in Adult, Treatment Resistant Depression in Children and Adolescents, Treatment Resistant Depression in Elderly, Headache and Treatment Resistant Depression, Insomnia and Treatment Resistant Depression, Tinnitus and Treatment Resistant Depression, Genetics of Antidepressant Response and Treatment Resistant Depression, Neuroinflammation via Gut-Microbiota-Brain Axis in Treatment Resistant Depression, Molecular Imaging findings for Treatment Resistant Depression, and more.
Additional sections cover Functional MRI markers for Treatment Resistant Depression: Insights and Current Challenges, Medication Strategies for Treatment Resistant Depression, Brain Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression, Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment Resistant Depression, Next Generation Antidepressants with Novel Mechanisms for Treatment Resistant Depression, Psychological aspects and Psychotherapy for Treatment Resistant Depression, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation for Treatment Resistant Depression.
Cheng, Chih-Ming: - Dr. Chih-Ming Cheng received his psychiatric residency training and geriatric psychiatry fellowship at Taipei Veterans General Hospital(VGHTPE), Taiwan. After training, he became an attending psychiatrist in the YuanShan branch of VGHTPE and then back to VGHTPE in 2020. In academic research, he followed Prof. Cheng-Ta Li, Prof. Tung-Ping Su, and Prof. Ya-Mei Bai in the field of neuromodulation, neuroinflammation, functional neuroimaging and new antidepressant clinical trials, and Dr. Mu-Hong Chen in the field of ketamine and epidemiologic studies. His research interests are brain stimulation and epidemiology in psychiatric disorders, especially major depressive disorders. He now investigates trans-diagnostic heredity and excess mortality of psychiatric disorders and the heredity and treatment characteristics of treatment-resistant major depressive disorders by using the Taiwan national health insurance registry database, as well as the efficacy of rTMS/iTBS intervention in treatment-resistant depressed patients. He is also one of the committee experts for brain electromagnetic stimulation and treatment, Taiwan Society of Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology(TSBPN) and the TSBPN Working group for renewing Taiwan's recommendation of pharmacological treatment for bipolar disorder. Dr. Cheng has published about sixty peer-reviewed articles, including publications in Molecular Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychological Medicine, Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, Allergy, and Psychiatry Research..etc.
Li, Cheng-Ta: - Cheng-Ta Li is a professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and is a division chief at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. Professor Li has been devoted in the field of TRD for over 15 years. Now, he is ranked top
