DR. BELISA LAZANO-VRANICH ON CLINICAL DEPRESSION: Depression is a medical illness. It's a combination of biological and environmental factors. It has a combination of symptoms, ones that have to do ...

Many mental health and medical conditions have symptoms similar to depression -- like fatigue and sleep problems -- so you may think you have depression when really it’s something else. Here are the ...

Depression can make it hard to deal with certain aspects of your life. On a global scale, it’s the leading cause of disability. When it comes to depression in the workplace, it’s estimated that at ...

A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic depression are associated with ...

Pam Belluck has covered maternal mental health for a decade. Women who experience depression during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth have a greater risk of suicide and attempted suicide — ...

There are certain lifestyle choices that can lower your risk of developing dementia, stroke and depression later in life, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Neurology, ...

Depression is about as prevalent in Black communities as in white ones, but there are significant differences. Black people face different social pressures that may increase their risk of depression.