Department of Psychiatry Seminar Series: How Do Dopaminergic Agonist Drugs Work in Depression?

There are lots of treatments for depression, but none of them work as well as we would like. This has prompted an interest in other approaches to treatment that might be useful. One candidate pharmacological treatment is dopamine agonist medications (such as pramipexole). In this talk I will describe a study that has investigated how these agents might work in depression. The study uses computational modelling and neuroimaging. I will try my best to convince the audience that, rather than just being bafflingly complex techniques completely divorced from clinical reality, these techniques can actually tell us something interesting about treatment mechanisms in psychiatry.

All talks are hosted in person at the Department of Psychiatry Seminar Room, to join virtually, please use the weblink below: 

• https://zoom.us/j/92679262959?pwd=ZkRtN1BGWG1reUwyY053ZUV0N3hUQT09
• Meeting ID: 926 7926 2959
• Passcode: 560251