In a two-part interview aired on "The Insider" last Thursday and Friday, actress Delta Burke spoke candidly about her depression and her psychiatric hospitalization last month. Speaking about her hospitalization, Burke ... Read More

Psychological risk factors like depression and hostility could contribute to heart disease risk, says psychologist Jesse Stewart from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research. Stewart worked with more than 300 ... Read More

Antidepressants work no better than a placebo for most patients, according to a new study which is the first ever to include unpublished data in its analysis. The new study, led ... Read More

Published reports about how common sexual side-effects are vary quite a bit, probably because many patients are shy about such a personal topic. How common are they really? ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a product label change for the cholesterol-lowering drugs Zetia (ezetimibe) and Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin), adding depression as a possible side-effect. In February 7th and ... Read More

Giving birth to a boy may increase your risk for postpartum depression, a new study suggests. French researchers examined 181 new mothers and identified 17 who had severe depression. Of ... Read More

St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced in a press release on February 7th that it had received an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ... Read More

I'm afraid I was a bit insensitive with my Valentine's Day newsletter last year. Here's some reader feedback that I received: "Oh, right, a depression newsletter talking about Valentine's Day and ... Read More

The type of relationship you had with your spouse can make a big difference in how likely you are to experience depression following your spouse's death, says a new study ... Read More

Philip Nitschke, an Australian doctor and campaigner for euthanasia who assisted a woman in killing herself in 2006, is now coming under fire for his actions, according to New Zealand ... Read More

One in six teens self-harm--using methods like cutting or burning themselves--in order to cope with depression and anxiety, says a Canadian study. The study, published in the January 29 issue of ... Read More

Our middle years are when we are most depressed, says a new study. Researchers looking at data from 2 million people in 80 countries found that people reported being happier either ... Read More