Depression

An overactive immune response can cause depression

Peer counselors are playing a growing role in guiding newcomers to mental health care

A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential

Orange Is the New Black, the popular Netflix show based on the memoir by Piper Kerman, brought female prisons into America's living room, highlighting several issues that are plaguing the correctional system.

Alcoholics Anonymous, the 80-year-old self-help program, has always had critics, who fault it for being too religious and unscientific. Journalist Gabrielle Glaser revives both these charges in her April Atlantic article, “The False Gospel of Alcoholics Anonymous.” She claims that “researchers have debunked central tenets of A.A.

Someone with a prior history of depression but who has been effectively treated and is no longer symptomatic should not be prohibited from working

Proponents of the practice say it can help relieve postpartum depression, but there are no data to back their assertions

Depression in America costs society $210 billion per year, according to the newest data available, yet only 40 percent of this sum is associated with depression itself.

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” — World Health Organization (1946) Many poets, philosophers, and thinkers throughout history have recognized the intimate link between physical and mental health.

Deep-brain stimulation has shown potential to help the up to 20 percent of patients with major depression who don’t get relief from medication, psychotherapy or other means

Electrical stimulation deep within the brain may alleviate devastating mood disorders

Companies and clinicians turn to ketamine to treat mental-health disorder as pipeline of new drugs dries up