There is no single known cause of depression. Rather, it likely results from a combination of genetic, biologic, environmental, and psychological factors. Major negative experiences—trauma, loss ...

Depression in cancer patients is highly prevalent and can significantly affect patients' quality of life, yet it often goes unrecognized. In this article we describe normal adjustment to diagnosis ...

New research from employee-assistance programs provider ComPsych Corp. found that among 80,000 cases of depression it sampled over the past two years, 38% of those cases were among workers ages 20 ...

Jeff Winograd, who's lived with depression for more than 25 years, says ketamine treatment saved his life. Jeff Winograd couldn’t get off his couch. He’d hit rock bottom with the depression he ...

One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this 'negativity bias,' which ...

Doctorpresso's study to detect depression from user-generated diary text data was published in the September 2024 issue of ...

Boston College researchers found reports of anxiety increased to 50 percent and depression to 44 percent by November 2020—rates six times higher than 2019—according to a new report in the journal ...

A device that delivers direct stimulation to the brain was found to be a safe and effective means of treating depression at home, according to a new study.

About 5% of adults worldwide live with depression. One commonly prescribed ... The study was recently published in the journal Lancet eClinical Medicine and presented at the 37th European College ...

On social media and elsewhere people often refer to this as “nighttime depression.” But is that really a thing? And if so, why do some people get blue at night? Feeling down after dusk doesn ...