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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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