Blue Monday originated from a publicity stunt, but seasonal affective disorder is a real affliction that affects millions of people. There are ways to treat it.

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Effective treatments for people with serious depression who have not been helped by antidepressant medications have novel mechanisms of action.

A new report studied depression levels across Europe and in older and younger individuals, with the outlook for France looking particularly poor. View on euronews

Democrats "would prefer 'Depression' as long as it hurt the Republican Party," the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Rebutting the serotonin theory of depression exposed an important gap in our knowledge. But Joanna Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced takes too narrow a view of how we should react

We’re used to hearing that depression is a chemical problem, one that starts in the brain and can only be fixed with medications like SSRIs which alter the levels of “happy” hormones in your system.

For people with anxiety and depression, these conditions can feel like two sides of the same coin. Researchers are exploring how interventions could help alleviate the ups and downs of both disorders.

We've never been closer to accurately assessing whether an individual is more susceptible to developing major depressive disorder due to their biology, with 293 newly identified gene variants found to play a role in ramping up the risk factor.

Whitney Cummings had a candid conversation with Drew Barrymore on 'The Drew Barrymore Show' about her experience with postpartum depression and how the daytime television show host helped her healing journey.

Experiencing depression as an older adult can indicate that a person has dementia, according to a new study.

Whitney Cummings revealed that Drew Barrymore helped her during her time of postpartum depression after the comedian welcomed her son in December 2023.