New hope for earlier treatment might be on the horizon for people suffering the most severe form of depression. In a study of patients watching emotionally evocative movies, the responses of people ...

D-serine as an adjunctive treatment did not outperform placebo overall in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), a new trial showed. However, depressive symptoms and anhedonia were ...

Menopause and Depression: What’s the Link? Hormonal changes during your menstrual cycle can be linked to an increased risk for depression. That includes the hormone fluctuations of perimenopause, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Research studies and polls show that approximately 20 percent of adults in the United States will be ...

Depression is a common mood disorder. It is completely normal for most people to feel sad or depressed at times as a reaction to loss or life’s challenges. But when depression leads to things like ...

When bipolar depression fuels isolation, these simple, steady steps can help lift your mood and lessen the loneliness. Are you lonely? I often am. One thing I’ve learned about loneliness is that it’s ...

In positive vs negative affect treatment, patients with moderate-to-severe depression or anxiety benefited more.

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...