Anhedonia reduces the ability to feel joy and affects nearly 90% of people with major depression. Most conventional therapies ...

Depression treatments focus mostly on decreasing negative emotions. But a study finds that increasing positive ones might be ...

Neurons and white blood cells differ greatly in shape, function, and location within the body. However, researchers at the ...

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine say they’ve identified how ketamine produces its rapid antidepressant effects — a ...

The treatment consists of a Bluetooth headset that patients can connect to an app on their smartphones. It could mark a ...

The first pillar is exercise, which ranks as one of the most effective known lifestyle interventions for depression. These ...

Psychotherapy is the intervention of first choice, and pharmacotherapy can be considered when psychotherapy alone is not ...

A new study suggests depression may soon be detectable through a simple blood test—by tracking how certain immune cells age.

What social risk factors affecting your patients may affect their risk of major depressive disorder more than they realize?

Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficient, but alternatives are coming into view and changing our understanding of the disease. The ...

DEAR ABBY: After my mother’s death 10 years ago, my father moved in with me. He’s 74 and in reasonably good health but has always struggled with depression and social anxiety. He refuses to take ...