One of the major complaints about psychiatric diagnoses is that there are no lab tests or x-ray findings to confirm a diagnosis, so we rely entirely upon an interview with the patient and certain key ...

A new ketamine pill may help hard-to-treat depression with fewer side effects than other forms of the treatment, early research suggests. Technically, no form of ketamine has been approved by the US ...

Teens with depression have to navigate the challenges of living with a mood disorder, along with the usual academic and social pressures of high school. A depression diagnosis may be unsettling, but ...

A brain network involved in motivation and attention is larger in people with depression. The difference is also visible in people before they develop depression symptoms. Depression symptoms may come ...

A new meta-analysis (Bizzozero-Peroni et al., 2024) published in JAMA Network Open highlights the mental health benefits of walking. This study shows that higher daily step counts are linked to fewer ...

Women diagnosed with perinatal depression are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease in the following 20 years compared to women who have given birth without experiencing perinatal depression, ...

At least 21 million adults in the U.S. have experienced depression. And, while oral antidepressant medications are a common treatment, they don't work for everyone. Now, the Food and Drug ...