Understanding what depression is – and what it is not – is often the first step toward relief.

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy ...

People living with depression cannot just get over it. They need support, healing, and to discover the epicenter of their ...

Data are limited, however. In mice, ingesting exercise mimetics appeared to improve depressive-like behaviors, and the ...

Depression-related fatigue is caused by cellular "overworking" at rest and a failure to produce energy under stress.

TMS is a well-established therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Large clinical studies show that it significantly reduces symptoms in 60 to 70% of patients, and 25 to 35% achieve remission. Most ...

Getting high, but feeling low. Science is split on whether the effects of cannabis are good or bad, with recent research showing it could boost brain power in older adults, while other studies show ...

Results of an analysis of health survey data from more than 560,000 U.S. college students concludes that depression symptoms have steadily increased over the past 15 years, particularly among women, ...

Carly Schwartz hid her severe depression while working in Big Tech. Here's how she fought her way through and learned to be honest with colleagues.

When Sarah posted in a parenting forum that she wanted a second baby but could not stop replaying the months after her first, when she barely ate, could not sleep even when the baby slept, and felt ...

Eight months after birth, many parents expect life to feel at least a little steadier. When instead the days are soaked in sadness, irritability and sudden rage, it can feel like a personal failure ...