The brains of people with recurrent depression have a significantly smaller hippocampus - the part of the brain most associated with forming new memories - than healthy individuals, a new global study ...

Depression can feel like the demands of the outside world cost you more than the resources you gain each day. You spend energy and time working, using cognitive resources to have conversations, or ...

Analyses of a 40% SHI sample estimated vitiligo prevalence at 0.19% in 2020 (~148,000 individuals nationally), enabling population-level quantification of psychiatric comorbidity patterns. Depressive ...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) could provide an alternative non-drug treatment for people who do not wish to continue long-term antidepressant treatment, suggests new research published in ...

The Canadian Cardiac Randomized Evaluation of Antidepressant and Psychotherapy Efficacy (CREATE) trial evaluated 284 patients with CAD who had major depression for at least four weeks and Hamilton ...

You spot signs of depression in someone you care about or in yourself and want a clear explanation. Research still shows no single cause, but scientists now point to a mix of genes, brain-cell changes ...

SYNLAB and ALCEDIAG recently launched the first blood test to assist in mental health diagnosis in France. The test is aimed at differentiating bipolar disorders from depression. The news may be ...

Depression affects one in 20 adults globally, according to the World Health Organisation, posing a threat to public health. Fortunately, there are steps you can take, starting with ensuring you get ...

’Tis the season for recognizing seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Just don’t expect to find SAD in diagnostic handbooks. As a memorable term, SAD “stuck in the general public, and to some extent ...