Persistent sadness, fatigue, changes in sleep and appetite, or loss of interest are common symptoms in mothers suffering from perinatal depression. How do these symptoms evolve? A pioneering study ...

In a study of newlywed couples, researchers found that depression and anxiety can be passed from one spouse to the other via the oral microbiome, which is transferred during close contact, such as ...

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 ...

Despite higher rates of depression in younger age groups, the new CDC reports show that middle-age people were more likely than younger adults to take prescription medication for depression.

The new study, which included 75 girls and 75 boys all around the age of 15 who lived in Brazil, showed that girls with depression, or at high risk of it, were more likely to have lower ...

Storm Herminia has unleashed downpours in western France, with parts of Brittany put on red weather alert Monday, while eight other French departments were put on orange alert for flooding, flash ...

Rennes, France: France placed swathes of Brittany in the west of the country on red weather alert Monday as a violent storm brought flood levels not seen in decades. The "Herminia" depression has ...

The coexistence of anxiety and depression—called comorbidity in the psych biz—carries some serious repercussions. It makes the course of disorder more chronic, it impairs functioning at work ...

The evolution of a depression app Dr. Dennis Charney, now dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, first got the idea for Rejoyn when studying prisoners of war years ago. He and his ...

Singer Chappell Roan has been diagnosed with severe depression amid her whirlwind rise to fame. “I went to a psychiatrist last week because I was like, I don’t know what’s going on. She ...

If you have depression and a period, you may be vulnerable to premenstrual exacerbation, or PME, regardless of how severe your symptoms are.

There is broad consensus for defining treatment-resistant depression across the lifespan as a lack of response to two or more adequate trials of antidepressants in a single episode. 6,7 Although ...