The feeling of constant sadness can sometimes weigh you down to a level where you start feeling a sense of emptiness that takes over your demeanour. It suddenly becomes impossible to get out of bed.

One of the key features of depression is the lack of motivation to do things that you know you should really do. For example, you may think that you don't have the motivation to exercise, or spend ...

Dear Eric: I am writing because I don’t know where to start and how to begin getting out of horrible depression. I can’t turn my mind off. I’m afraid of dying and what’s after death. I’m afraid of ...

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University’s Vagelos College of ...

Judith Joseph, MD, created the first research-backed framework for assessing high-functioning depression. Now, the psychiatrist wants Black women take charge of their happiness with it. Her upcoming ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University’s Vagelos College of ...