Depression is a chemical imbalance to be managed with pills. The culprit was thought to be serotonin. The serotonin theory of ...

Regular exercise offers numerous benefits, particularly for mental health. Now, researchers say exercise may help reduce depression symptoms as effectively as other first-line treatments. A recently ...

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

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 ...

Scientific research has proven that running does wonders for your physical health and longevity, and the benefits are not ...

Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a ...

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

Background Depression and anxiety are treatable disorders, yet many people do not seek professional help. Interventions designed to improve help-seeking attitudes and increase help-seeking intentions ...

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, ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

The two may look similar on the surface, but they are fundamentally different in cause and treatment. Depression is a mental health disorder; laziness is a behavior. Many people living with depression ...