The weeks and months following childbirth bring profound physical, emotional, and psychological changes that can overwhelm even the most prepared new parents. While some degree of mood fluctuation, ...

Karlee Lipton of Conway, Arkansas, was surprised by the way postpartum depression hit her when she had her baby in the summer of 2024. Lipton had already seen a therapist and a psychiatrist to help ...

Depression is a serious mental health condition that affects people all over the world. It is more than just feeling sad for ...

According to life coach and mental health advocate Mitzi Bockmann, when you feel depressed for no clear reason, there are ...

UCSF's Cherry Leung, associate professor of community health systems with the UC San Francisco School of Nursing, researches ...

Depression feels weird compared to things like fear or anger, which help us survive by warning us of danger or pushing us into action. Instead, it slows us down, saps our energy, and makes us pull ...

Research suggests music therapy may help improve depression symptoms when used alongside medication and psychotherapy. It works by increasing blood flow and activating neurons in brain areas tied to ...

LifeStance Health reports that 73% of patients see significant improvement in depression and 79% in anxiety after treatment, ...

But when feelings of intense sadness or anxiety persist beyond those early days, it may signal postpartum depression (PPD)—a ...

Sarah Tonkin, an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas, is leading a study to discover how having depression ...

There's the old saying of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." But maybe it should be an orange. A new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital says eating ...