Persistent depressive disorder, known as dysthymia or low-grade depression, is less severe than major depression but more chronic. It occurs twice as often in women as in men. Persistent depressive ...

Actor Raashii Khanna revealed she battled a two-year health crisis triggered by depression, highlighting how the condition ...

A multidisciplinary specialist depression service (SDS) may be an effective way of managing patients with persistent moderate to severe depression, new research suggests. Investigators found that ...

Depression is a complex and deeply personal experience. While almost everyone has periods of sadness, low mood or grief, depression is different. Major depressive disorder is persistent, interferes ...

Short bursts of exercise can help reduce the symptoms of chronic depression, a study has found. The study, published on Monday in JAMA Network Open, found when people over 50 who suffer from ...

Clinical depression isn't the same as depression caused by a loss such as the death of a loved one, a divorce, or finding out you have a serious medical condition. Also known as major depressive ...

A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic depression are associated with ...

A recent longitudinal cohort study shows a statistically significant relationship between body image disturbance, pain, and persistent depression in patients with Cushing syndrome.

Black youth and adults in the U.S. are more likely than white adults to experience persistent symptoms of depression, but are less likely to seek help from a mental health professional, according to ...

Four in ten adults with chronic pain experience clinically significant depression and anxiety, reported a new systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open. "Right now, we have ...

Perhaps you have a longstanding tendency to feel flat and gloomy, and those close to you see you as a pessimistic kind of character. You can't recall the last time you slept well, you feel tired all ...