Depression, like art, can never be adequately described in words alone, though Andrew Solomon comes close in his memoir Noonday Demon: "I felt as though I had a physical need, of impossible urgency ...

Women have long been thought to have much higher rates of depression than men, but when alternative and traditional symptoms of depression are considered, these sex disparities disappear, new research ...

We asked one of our psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNP), Jessica Knapp, DNP to tell us what she thinks of these beliefs. Dr. Knapp not only refuted these as myths but gave us some ...

The changing seasons can influence your mental health in a variety of ways. When winter is approaching, many animal species are busy preparing nests or burrows for a few months of hibernation and many ...

Depression is a common mental health condition and mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in things as well as activities you once enjoyed; it causes a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What distinguishes seasonal affective disorder from the so-called winter blues — and what to do about it. (Getty Creative) ...

Old age is often portrayed as a time of loneliness, depression, and significant cognitive decline. But most research shows that the opposite is true for most people. Amoung the common ...