In the United States, patients with depressive disorders are 3 times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those without. Cardiovascular disease encompasses a myriad of conditions, ...

Even individuals whose symptoms do not yet meet the criteria for clinical depression benefit from therapeutic interventions. This conclusion comes from a new meta-study by researchers who analyzed ...

For me, the crucial question of whether depression (unipolar or bipolar) is a disease stems from the somewhat dubious application of the medical model to the theory and practice of psychiatry and ...

Northwell Health is conducting a clinical trial to address treatment-resistant depression using similar technology used to treat neurological diseases like Parkinson’s in an effort to seek options for ...

Depression in old age could be an early sign of serious brain disease, a new study says. Depression occurs more often and earlier in seniors who go on to develop Parkinson's disease or Lewy body ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), clinical depression affects nearly 300 million people worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 20 million or more people in the ...

College students in the United States experience depression at alarming rates: more than 40 percent reported experiencing clinically significant symptoms of depression, according to a recent ...

The matchup: Two doses of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” against a six-week course of the popular antidepressant escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro or Cipralex. Escitalopram ...