In Louisiana, only two parishes had less than a quarter of its adults who reported depression at some time in their life. See ...

We don’t experience depression uniformly, and a new study finds that some symptoms may be more strongly linked with ...

So how does feeling down differ from an actual clinical diagnosis of depression?"Depression is a serious mental illness that alters brain function," says Frankfurt-based professor of psychiatry Ulrich ...

Experts say these findings don’t mean depression causes dementia or that symptoms guarantee cognitive decline.

Elevated pallidal beta power may serve as a biomarker for depression in Parkinson’s disease, paving the way for targeted DBS therapies. Learn more.

Emerging evidence suggests that the ketogenic diet can significantly reduce symptoms associated with depression. The keto diet has also shown promise for treatment-resistant depression.

The keto diet might help ease depression in people who aren't responding to antidepressants, a new study reports. People ...

Nitrous oxide, informally known as laughing gas, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in people with depression in a series of small clinical trials, with symptoms easing within hours of inhaling it ...

The ketogenic diet added to usual care may offer a small benefit for treatment-resistant depression, the authors concluded.

People suffering from depression demonstrate strength in dealing with their illness on a daily basis, but this is often not perceived as such. Previous studies have shown that instead, they often ...

A photo of a person with their hands covering their face, as if upset or depressed. Depression is commonly portrayed in media. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Many films and series have included ...

A new national study of Medicaid enrollees finds that postpartum depression (PPD) rose significantly among women and ...