October is recognized globally as Depression Education and Awareness Month, a vital initiative dedicated to shedding light on a prevalent yet often misunderstood mental health condition. This month ...

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 ...

Important genetic differences in how females and males experience depression have been revealed for the first time in findings that could pave the way for more targeted intervention and treatments.

Rep. Frances Holk-Jones, R-Foley, laughing on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama. The chamber unanimously passed Holk-Jones' ...

Clinical depression is often linked to aches and pains, including back pain. Having chronic back pain is also associated with worsening depression symptoms in some people. Research indicates there’s a ...

You’ve spent all the money, all the time, and all the energy planning for this: your son’s 11th birthday party. The gathering went off surprisingly well; everyone seemed to have a good time, and the ...

There is a trope of the melancholic artist giving the impression that to access beauty in our minds, we must pass through darkness. Some creatives fear that treatment for depression will banish this ...