Everyone feels depressed from time to time. But not everyone has depression. Depression, also referred to as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is a condition that can cause severe ...

Few mental health conditions are as misunderstood or as mischaracterized as depression. Among mental health professionals, it's known to be a debilitating disorder that can rob people of motivation, ...

Dear Carol: My mom is 86 and widowed. While I live over 800 miles away, I talk to her several times a week. Since my Dad's death five years ago, Mom's slowly sunk into isolation, loneliness and ...

Many people use “depression” as shorthand for feeling low, while others dismiss depression as “just sadness”. Here, we explain the difference using clinicians’ cues: Trigger, duration, functioning, ...

What prompted the idea for the course? I was discouraged. For nearly three decades, as a clinical psychologist, I trained mental health professionals on suicide assessment. The work was good but ...

John Sommers-Flanagan receives funding from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. I was discouraged. For nearly three decades, as a clinical psychologist, I trained mental health professionals on ...

Here is a 30-minute video conversation that offers folks an overview of depression. It is not high tech, but I think it offers an easy to follow discussion that lays out some key features associated ...

Gordon Parker receives funding from the University of of NSW. If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you’re not alone. Burnout – a state of emotional, physical and mental ...

A large Australian study showed atypical depression has distinct genetic, clinical, and treatment-response features. Read ...

The prevalence of clinical depression in older teenagers doubled nationally from 2019 to 2022, according to a report that sheds new insights into the youth mental health crisis. The report from the ...

Depression is not only a disorder of mood but also a condition that affects the heart and blood vessels, and can carry ...

This course is more than just suggesting that you 'cheer up' and 'look on the bright side.' akinbostanci/E+ via Getty Images Text saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation I was discouraged. For ...