A newly published study in Psychological Medicine raises questions about a widely cited 2024 meta-analysis that downplayed the frequency and severity of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms. The new ...

Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

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 ...

Your golden years are meant to be just that—golden. For many people, they are. Depression rates among people 60 and older hover at just under 6%, which is lower than the population as a whole. However ...

A large genetic study reveals depression beginning in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and a much greater ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Postpartum depression after stillbirth involves profound grief and symptoms of postpartum depression, like sadness, guilt, and anxiety. Therapy, support groups, or medications may help ease these ...

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer face a unique set of emotional, developmental, and medical challenges — and findings of a new study hint at how this disease may be affecting their ...

Share on Pinterest Walking at least 5,000 steps per day could improve depression symptoms, according to new research. Oleh Slobodeniuk/Getty Images A new study found that walking 5,000 or more steps ...