Are worries about America's financial crisis making you depressed? University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor Josh Klapow says the key to reducing your stress is to distinguish between ... Read More

According to a press release from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about 15% of U.S. college students suffer from some form of mental illness, including depression, but ... Read More

Heart disease and depression are so commonly linked that all heart patients should be screened for depression, according to new American Heart Association recommendations. The recommendations are based upon growing evidence ... Read More

In early 2008, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) sent questionnaires to all of the candidates in both parties, asking about their views regarding mental health care. Candidates ... Read More

Teenage girls who are sexually active are twice as likely to become depressed, says a new study. Among teenage girls, 19% who had had sex exhibited symptoms of depression, compared to ... Read More

According to a new study, which analyzed 25 earlier studies regarding sexual orientation and mental health, homosexuals and bisexuals are about 50% more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to suffer ... Read More

David Foster Wallace, most famous as the author of Infinite Jest, died Friday in his home at the age of 46, from what appeared to be a suicide. According to a ... Read More

About 5% of Americans aged 12 and older suffer from depression, according to a National Center for Health Statistics study; and, among these, 80% say depression interferes with some aspect ... Read More

A comprehensive literature review published in the journal ecancer suggests that antidepressants may help fight cancer in several ways, including stimulation of the immune response. Antidepressants may be helpful to cancer ... Read More

When kids enter college it can be both an exciting and challenging time for them. They have new freedoms as well as new responsibilities. They may become homesick ... Read More

A new study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine suggests that women who exercise during pregnancy may be more likely to have a positive body image and less prone ... Read More

In his upcoming book, A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce, 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin will be speaking out about the depression and thoughts of ... Read More

According to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on September 1, following up with patients who try to commit suicide is an effective way to save ... Read More

A new study says that women are more likely that men to achieve complete remission of symptoms with the commonly prescribed antidepressant citalopram (Celexa). The differences in response appeared when researchers ... Read More