One session of a telehealth intervention combining mindfulness and compassion significantly lowered self-perceived stress and symptoms of depression and anxiety compared with a waitlist control group, ...

Nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, is quietly emerging as one of the most intriguing rapid-acting options for people whose depression has not budged with standard pills or talk therapy.

Scientists are rethinking how depression should be treated by focusing less on reducing negative feelings and more on ...

A study of more than 2,400 adolescents ages 13 to 16 shows two online, single-session interventions designed to help curb teen depression works, a tool very much needed given a rise in teen depression ...

Conventional antidepressants often take several weeks to produce noticeable effects, if they work at all. In that gap between ...

Texting or emailing with a therapist might provide more relief to people with depression than waiting for an appointment on video-based platforms. That was the hypothesis researchers at the University ...

A new clinical trial found that psilocybin therapy eased recurring depression symptoms within days, with some benefits ...

Stress is an inevitable part of life. It is nearly impossible to remove all stress from day-to-day life. Stress is physiological and psychological responses to situations the body and mind find to be ...

Whole-class mental health sessions in schools have a small but significant effect in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms, according to new analysis led by researchers at UCL (University College ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Sitting in front of a computer or TV screen late into the night or leaving it on when you fall asleep could increase your chances of becoming depressed, according to a study by U.S.

Treating bipolar depression with standard antidepressants has long been controversial, because some patients do not respond and it is believed that the drugs trigger manic episodes. Two physicians ...

With teens back in school, peer pressure and academic expectations are once again a reality. These added pressures can cause ups and downs during what can be an already tumultuous time of life. For ...