People with brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and dementia, are often misdiagnosed as having depression, when in ...

A major paper debunking the “serotonin hypothesis” has a lot of people agitated. But leaving more room for nuance in our discussions about mental health is the right idea. Building a more complex, ...

Though Christmas is often referred to as, "the most wonderful time of the year," it’s also one of the toughest times for people living with depression. The end of the calendar year is often associated ...

Despite decades of research, scientists struggle to understand the mental health implications of DNA. Researchers were able ...

Depression affects millions of women worldwide, yet its complexity often remains misunderstood. While sadness touches everyone’s life occasionally, clinical depression manifests as an overwhelming ...

When drugs like Prozac were first introduced in the late 1980s, the leading theory behind their market success was that depressed people lacked serotonin, a key brain chemical. Called the “chemical ...

As daylight hours grow shorter during the winter months, many people begin to experience symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD); more commonly known as seasonal depression. Doctors estimate ...

Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide and a?ects over 280 million people worldwide. Join JHEAP (the Johns Hopkins Employee Assistance Program) at noon on Thursday, Feb. 22, ...

Science has yet to pinpoint exactly why some people experience depression and others do not. And it may never be able to give a fully satisfying answer. While people with depression may have similar ...