I just ran across an article on the Psychology Today Web site that I thought I'd share. It deals with the client-therapist relationship and how it can make or ... Read More

A. Nervous Breakdown is not a term that the medical community uses. Historically people have been embarrassed by mental illness and the term nervous breakdown is a euphemism ... Read More

Atypical depression symptoms - such as increased appetite, oversleeping and weight gain - may be more common among African-Americans than Caucasians, researchers have found. Oreisa O'Neil and her colleagues at Howard ... Read More

More than 42% of college students surveyed at 40 colleges said they had felt down, depressed or hopeless for several days during the previous two weeks and 13% showed signs ... Read More

Depression may be more strongly associated with obesity in women than in men, according to researcher Tuan-Anh Nguyen. At the American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Nguyen reported that, overall, the obese women ... Read More

Poor sleep quality increases the risk for both suicidal thinking and suicide attempts, say a new study. Researchers at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Warsaw ... Read More

Q. Could a vitamin and mineral supplement help my depression? A. The answer to this question is "maybe". There are several vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can cause ... Read More

Useful depression-related content around the About.com network: Depression Information for Men - What men need to know about depression. Depression Over 50 - Do you know the warning signs if an older ... Read More

One of the great ironies of depression treatment is that while depression can rob you of your desire for sex, the drugs that treat it can be much worse, causing ... Read More

Have you been feeling tired and depressed lately? Before you assume that you need an antidepressant, you might want to consider having your thyroid checked. Hypothyroidism, a disease in which ... Read More

Newer antidepressants are not necessarily better than the best existing drugs, according to two new reviews which compared 12 commonly used antidepressants. The studies analyzed in the reviews were those comparing ... Read More

Researchers at three U.S. institutions have been studying a new form of brain stimulation called cortical brain stimulation, with promising results. "Imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies have demonstrated that the ... Read More

Did you ever wish that treating depression were as simple as taking a vitamin? Well, for some of you, it may be just that simple. There are a variety of ... Read More