Depression is a complex and deeply personal experience. While almost everyone has periods of sadness, low mood or grief, depression is different. Major depressive disorder is persistent, interferes ...

What are the most common causes of depression? Studies consistently show that depression is most associated with the number of stressors experienced in life, and the effect is cumulative—the more ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy ...

A viral claim links common vitamin deficiencies to hidden depression, but what does the science actually show?

It's easy to fill up with self-blame when you're depressed. That's one reason psychiatrists and therapists began to emphasize that depression is a physical state. Pharmaceutical firms argued that ...