Despite what the children's rhyme says, words can hurt you, say researchers. More than 500 people responded to an ad asking whether their parents had ever yelled at them, sworn at ... Read More

Boston researchers believe that yoga may help depression and anxiety by raising levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. According to these scientists at the Boston University School ... Read More

Men and women both are more likely to experience depression following a marital breakup, says a new study from Statistics Canada, but men appear to take the breakup harder. While both ... Read More

A study presented at the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) annual meeting in San Diego, California shows that patients with moderate-to-severe depression who had not responded well to antidepressants experienced significant ... Read More

According to a new study published in General Hospital Psychiatry, ethnic minorities tend to hold distinctly different beliefs about depression and depression treatment from their white counterparts. To conduct the study, ... Read More

Patients with depression should also be screened for anxiety disorders, say experts. Dr. Naomi M. Simon, associate director of the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at Massachusetts General ... Read More

Older patients whose physicians team up with depression care managers are 45 percent less likely to die within a five year time period than those who see a primary care ... Read More

Actress Brooke Shields traveled to Capitol Hill this week to encourage Congress to pass the "Mother's Act," legislation that would help mothers suffering from postpartum depression by providing funding for ... Read More

According to new research, getting exercise outdoors in a green environment may be beneficial to depression. Mind, a British mental health charity, has released a report entitled Ecotherapy: the green agenda ... Read More

In a press release dated May 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that they had proposed updating the black box warning on antidepressant medications to indicate an ... Read More

Two studies confirm that psychotherapy, especially when added to medication, is an effective treatment for depression. Both studies looked at interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), which focuses on the relationship between mood ... Read More

According to a study scheduled to be presented in Boston on May 1 at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting, depression often precedes Parkinson's disease (PD). Miguel Hernan and colleagues ... Read More