Depression rates have hit new peaks in the US, particularly among young adults and women, a new Gallup poll has found. Some 5,000 adults were asked in February: “Has a doctor or nurse ever told you ...

Depression rates in the United States are skyrocketing, particularly among young adults and women, a new poll shows. The survey, published by Gallup on Wednesday, found 29% of U.S. adults report being ...

Levels of lifetime and current depression are at an all-time high for Americans this year, according to a new poll. The rate of Americans who report that they were depressed at some point in their ...

Depression is an accepted risk factor for dementia, but it is unclear if this relationship is causal. This study investigated whether dementia associated with depression decreases with antidepressant ...

Medical debt is significantly more prevalent among adults with depression or anxiety compared to adults without these mental disorders, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...

A new talking therapy for depression has shown encouraging early signs of being more effective and cheaper to deliver than the current best practice of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). A pilot ...

Depression often goes undiagnosed in long-term care settings, but implementing nurse-led screening protocols can help older adults receive a diagnosis and access treatment, according to study results ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Guidelines recommend several perinatal depression screenings in pregnancy and postpartum. Treatment options are ...

What Is Treatment-Resistant Depression? What is treatment-resistant depression? Surprisingly, that can be hard to answer. Experts still disagree on what exactly the term means. Some researchers define ...

Most of the available anti-depressant drugs do one thing: They selectively block reuptake. That is why they are called selective reuptake inhibitors. A drug that is a selective serotonin reuptake ...