Depression News & Features

Using artificial intelligence, doctors and researchers believe they can more quickly identify people at risk of suicide or self harm.

People with depression are twice as likely to be using pot as those who aren't depressed, researchers reported in the current issue of the journal Addiction.

A growing field of science called nutritional psychiatry focuses on how your diet affects your mental health.

Getting more exercise could help ward off depression, even if you have a genetic risk for it, new research shows.

Some people are trying the psychedelic tea to heal depression, addiction, and PTSD as researchers study whether it has potential health ben

Young and middle-aged adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have an increased risk of stroke, new research suggests.

Those who embraced healthier food choices reported less anxiety and much better moods within weeks, according to findings published Oct. 9 in the journal PLOS ONE.

Specifically, the drugs venlafaxine (Effexor) and amitriptyline (Endep) were associated with the highest risk, especially when taken for a long time.

Zoloft (sertraline) -- and the family of similar drugs it belongs to -- may actually take months to ease classic symptoms of depression, but ease symptoms of anxiety first, U.K. researchers found.

The investigation raises the possibility that at some future point new treatments could be developed to reduce suicide risk in this vulnerable group of patients.

In prolonged exposure therapy, patients gradually confront memories, feelings and situations related to their PTSD-causing trauma.

These new findings indicate that despair is pervasive throughout Generation X, affecting people regardless of their race, background or family income.

Psilocybin mushrooms, federally illegal since 1968, have been used for centuries for spiritual and medical purposes.

Researchers wanted to find out more about why some children have significant traumatic stress symptoms in the days and weeks after a trauma and while others do not, and importantly -- why some recover well without treatment, while others go on to have more persistent problems.

The treatments included electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), magnetic seizure therapy, and transcranial direct current stimulation.

Researchers found that the supplements taken by study subjects worked no better than a placebo in helping ward off depression.

Sold as Spravato, the fast-acting drug becomes the first new type of medicine approved in years against an illness that plagues millions of Americans.

If the drug, Spravato, is approved, only patients who have failed at least two other antidepressants will be eligible for a prescription, and it will be given only in certified treatment centers, not sent home.

For years, doctors have debated the safety of the acne drug most commonly known as Accutane, but new research suggests the medication does not boost depression risk among its users.

Researchers found that compared with women who worked a standard 40-hour week, those who were on the clock 55 hours or more typically reported more depression symptoms.

Despite the panel's approval, two of five key studies of esketamine failed to meet their primary goals. When taking esketamine, some patients experienced sedation, blood pressure spikes and dissociation (feeling disconnected from surroundings) within two hours of taking the drug, CNN reported.

Researchers found that people with depression showed differences in specific groups of gut bacteria. And those with higher concentrations of certain other gut bugs generally reported better mental well-being.

People with moderate-to-severe depression saw significant improvement in their mood after electrical stimulation of a brain region called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a small study suggests.

Some study subjects who took ezogabine (Potiga) saw a 45 percent reduction in depression and an increase in their ability to feel pleasure, as well as an increase in resilience and the capacity to recover from extremes of trauma and stress, researchers report.

Swimmer Michael Phelps, who earned more gold medals than any other Olympian, has also know the depths of depression and anxiety. His mission today is to help people realize they’re not alone in their own mental health struggles.