According to a new study appearing in the May 1, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, reducing your job stress may lower your risk of depression. The study found ... Read More

Childhood depression is a topic very close to my heart, and, given that National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day is coming up on May 7th this year, I thought I ... Read More

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One of the things I love about the Internet is that you can find information about anything and everything under the sun. Need to know how late your local ... Read More

New research suggests that depression in patients with bipolar disorder may be slightly different from depression in patients with unipolar depression. Lauren Weinstock and colleagues from Warren Alpert Medical School at ... Read More

Have you ever felt like your antidepressant has killed more than just your ability to orgasm? Like it's killed all your feelings of love for your partner as well? ... Read More

According to the Priory Group, a seasonal variability in suicide rates exists worldwide, with more suicides occurring in the warm, sunny days of spring and early summer than any other ... Read More

Certain geographic areas of the U.S. have consistently higher or lower incidence of an indicator of stress and depression called Frequent Mental Distress (FMD), according to a new study which ... Read More

Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) had greater improvements in measures of worry, depression and mental health when they received cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study published ... Read More

Two non-drug treatments - cognitive behavioral therapy and supportive stress management - were found to be more effective than usual care in treating depression following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) ... Read More

When my daughter started kindergarten six years ago I was quite dismayed to learn that she had homework to complete every week. Homework? In kindergarten? When I ... Read More

Depression is quite common. In fact, depressed mood is the fourth most common symptom that patients complain of when they see their primary care physician. About 10% to 25% of ... Read More

A government-appointed panel is urging all doctors to routinely screen their teen patients for depression. According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which sets guidelines for doctors on a wide ... Read More