Understanding what depression is – and what it is not – is often the first step toward relief.

WASHINGTON - Depression and anxiety affect millions of people and finding the right treatment isn’t always straightforward. Medication works for some. Therapy works for others. But one option that ...

Data are limited, however. In mice, ingesting exercise mimetics appeared to improve depressive-like behaviors, and the ...

It’s the first study demonstrating the power of single-session interventions in improving mental health long-term.

Additionally, some patients report distressing withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop, such as insomnia, anxiety, and ...

LifeStance Health offers tips on how to maintain mental wellness and emotional balance while entering retirement ...

Nitrous oxide, informally known as laughing gas, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in people with depression in a series of small clinical trials, with symptoms easing within hours of inhaling it ...

A single, self-guided online session lasting roughly 10 minutes reduced depressive symptoms in American adults for up to four ...

TMS is a well-established therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Large clinical studies show that it significantly reduces symptoms in 60 to 70% of patients, and 25 to 35% achieve remission. Most ...

People living with depression cannot just get over it. They need support, healing, and to discover the epicenter of their ...

Researchers report that vagus nerve stimulation helped many people with long-standing, treatment-resistant depression feel better—and stay better—for at least two years. Most participants had lived ...

Depression is a common mood disorder. It is completely normal for most people to feel sad or depressed at times as a reaction to loss or life’s challenges. But when depression leads to things like ...