In addition to associating brain chemicals with depressive states, researchers have found a strong connection with ...

Light therapy is linked to reduced symptoms of depression and improved sleep quality in patients with neuropsychiatric ...

Nearly one in eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder, and one person dies by suicide every 43 seconds.

Researchers say a single intravenous ketamine infusion can rapidly relieve severe depression and suicidal thoughts when ...

Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in the world: according to WHO, more than 280 million people suffer from the disorder. The disease changes not only the mood, but it rebuilds the ...

Mental health professionals use the DSM to standardize the diagnosis and treatment processes for mental health conditions, including types of depression. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

Mental health disorders are now the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a major new study. Researchers found nearly 1.2 billion people were living with a mental health disorder in 2023 ...

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina said a breakthrough treatment for severe depression is helping some ...

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 ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed major depressive disorder (MDD) and other conditions linked to it to be treated. A person with MDD is usually prescribed ...

Observing behavior in a simple video game may help identify major depressive disorder and depression severity.