Understanding what depression is – and what it is not – is often the first step toward relief.

Everyone feels depressed from time to time. But not everyone has depression. Depression, also referred to as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is a condition that can cause severe ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy ...

A LEADING mental health researcher has claimed to have found 10-minute exercises that can slash symptoms of depression in just a month. Dr Benjamin Kaveladze, from the Dartmouth Center for ...

The study, led by the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, tracked health survey data collected from more than 560,000 U.S. college students from 2007 to 2022. It found that the average score on a ...

Results of an analysis of health survey data from more than 560,000 U.S. college students concludes that depression symptoms have steadily increased over the past 15 years, particularly among women, ...

The term “depression” often refers to major depressive disorder. But it can also serve as an umbrella term that encompasses several types of depression. Depression doesn’t follow the same pattern for ...

Depression-related fatigue is caused by cellular "overworking" at rest and a failure to produce energy under stress.

Spravato (esketamine) is a nasal spray used for depression and was approved by the FDA in 2019. It is specifically for treatment-resistant depression, meaning depression symptoms that have not gotten ...

Live Science spoke with the scientists behind an upcoming clinical trial testing an immune therapy for depression.

Depression relief was the primary driver of disease improvement among patients with fibromyalgia and prominent anxiety and depression symptoms.