Dr. Koenig answers the question: 'Difference Between Depression, Sadness?' — -- Question: What is the difference between depression and sadness? Answer: There's a difference between depression ...

Winter can impact mental health in subtle ways like seasonal depression. Understand what’s normal—and when to seek support to ...

Feeling sad from time to time is normal. We can feel sad for various reasons, such as learning our favorite coworker is leaving for another job, fighting with a loved one, or not achieving a personal ...

I often hear my clients say, "I don't want to discuss this subject—I don't want to be sad and get depressed." Depression is indeed accompanied by sadness, so connecting depression with sadness is ...

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Those two go hand-and-hand and can affect many people throughout the season. According to an expert I spoke with at the Bowen Center, seasonal depression or SAD affects one out of every 30 Americans.

Dear Dr. Roach: I read your answer to a recent question about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). You mentioned that folks can ...

Sadness is far from the only symptom. If you look up the common symptoms of depression on a major health website, you’ll see words near the top of the lists such as “sad,” “hopeless,” and “irritable.” ...

Many people use “depression” as shorthand for feeling low, while others dismiss depression as “just sadness”. Here, we ...

Therapists want you to know these facts.

Depression is a more complex condition. In addition to unremitting sadness, depression is defined by low mood, apathy, lack of joy (anhedonia), and inability to concentrate and stay focused. Corpus ...