Jessica Rendall is a reporter with experience covering a variety of health and wellness topics, including chronic disease, ...

It’s hard to understand if you’ve never been there. I recently posted a question on my Facebook page asking people who’d suffered from depression to describe what it felt like so that those who’d ...

Depression can be debilitating. Some depressed people lose interest in the things they love. Others can’t get out of bed. Many self harm or take their own lives. This month is Suicide Prevention Month ...

A recent study published in Comprehensive Psychiatry provides evidence that adults experiencing clinical depression tend to ...

A new study examining the impact of depression on all five senses could significantly improve how the condition is diagnosed and treated, opening the door to more targeted solutions for patients. Led ...

Botulinum toxin depression research has cleared a historic US regulatory milestone: the FDA approved an IND for TYEMVERS, ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. Stress and depression can look and ...

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Depression is supposed to blunt your response to reward. A new study followed 17 million posts and found that on social media ...

Most people think of depression as an illness of withdrawal. A person loses energy. Stops answering the phone. Misses work.

Q: I find many tasks challenging when I’m depressed, but showering feels especially difficult. Why is that? And what can I do about it? A: If you have depression, you know how challenging everyday ...

Grief is a response to loss. A person may feel intense and overwhelming sadness when someone close to them dies. Sometimes, this sadness may worsen into complicated grief or become depression. A ...