Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

Depression silently affects more than 21 million adults in the United States alone, yet many still struggle to recognize its symptoms or find effective treatments. While occasional sadness is part of ...

Mental health professionals use the DSM to standardize the diagnosis and treatment processes for mental health conditions, including types of depression. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

Stress disorders include acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. They originate from major stress or traumatic events. Stress is a natural response to life’s ...

Different types of depression affect the body in different ways. Atypical, energy-related depression raises the risk of diabetes, while melancholic depression increases the likelihood of heart disease ...

Depression is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, affecting approximately 4% of the global ...

A new genetic and clinical analysis suggests that atypical depression represents a distinct biological subtype of the ...

A research team at Université Laval may have discovered why physical exercise and living in favorable socioeconomic ...

This story was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Maybe you’re neck-deep in a two-week funk you just can’t seem to shake, or perhaps you’ve been struggling with severe depression for years. No ...

Many people experience problems sleeping including not getting enough sleep, not feeling rested and not sleeping well. This ...