Depression affects people of all ages, but its prevalence increases with age. Physical or chronic illness, bereavement, social isolation and loneliness, sleep problems, and dementia are some of the ...

One out of every 5 adults in the United States experienced mental illness in 2021—that’s nearly 60 million people. However, most of those adults did not receive treatment for their mental illness. A ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Childhood depression is probably overlooked more than it is diagnosed and treated, and PCPs are often the first to identify the warning signs. Untreated childhood depression can adversely affect ...

ChatGPT, the AI language model capable of mirroring human conversation, may be better than a doctor at following recognized treatment standards for clinical depression, and without any of the gender ...

A large review adds weight to an old idea: movement can help ease depression. Here’s how to think about exercise as part of treatment and recovery.

Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have a new standard for managing major depression, thanks to refreshed clinical guidelines. Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have a new ...

The participants produced a total of 98 strategies. The third focus group hardly introduced any new strategy and so we concluded that we had reached data saturation. Removal of overlapping strategies ...

My jokes were met with stone cold silence except for the lanky Indian man giggling into his clenched fist. The year was 2010, at one of my first public talks regarding my depression and recovery at a ...

Poor communication between patients and providers often hindered pain management, increasing the risk of postpartum depression, researchers found. Black and Latina women regularly reported that ...

Treatment plans for depression must include professional psychotherapy or counseling plus careful consideration of antidepressant medication. 5,6 Research shows that the best treatment response comes ...