For decades, depression treatment has focused almost entirely on the brain, with drugs designed to tweak neurotransmitters ...

As a stimulant, caffeine and caffeinated drinks hold promise to help people fight off the natural slow down that descends ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by extreme mood changes. Individuals diagnosed with BD ...

Given that many readers found my claims about the nature of depression controversial (here and here), I thought I would share a somewhat longer articulation of my approach to conceptualizing ...

OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - As daylight hours shrink, millions of people may battle with a form of depression that arrives when seasons change. Ottumwa Regional Health Center experts said this time of year ...

The link between diet and depression is a critical area of research. It could lead to finding effective strategies to treat depression. A study found that mice who consumed a high-salt diet developed ...

A study of 200,000 adults suggests that a metric accounting for waist circumference and height is a strong predictor of ...

Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.