Dr. Harold Koenig answers the question: 'What Is Depression?' — -- Question: What is the difference between depression and manic depression (bipolar disorder)? Answer: Depression and manic ...

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 ...

Depression is a serious mental health condition that affects millions of people every year. But in the Black community, it often goes unnoticed or untreated because of stigma, lack of access, cultural ...

Dr. David Brendel answers the question: 'Substance Abuse And Depression?' — -- Question: What is the relationship between depression and substance abuse? Answer: There is a very close ...

Depression's roots are, from my own clinical observations, more commonly basically psychological than biochemical--though one clearly affects the other. Often at the very heart of depression is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s well-known that depression takes a toll on physical and mental health as feelings of isolation, loneliness, despair and low ...

Long before my mood changes, my daily patterns do. Noticing these pattern shifts early allows me to recalibrate before depression can take hold.

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

What Is the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)? The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an easy-to-take, self-administered questionnaire that you can use to screen yourself, or a ...

A certain amount of sadness and overwhelm is completely natural after giving birth. Here’s how to recognize if what you’re feeling is actually postpartum depression, and the things that can make it ...

Jayashri Kulkarni receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council as a Leadership Level 3 Investigator Grant, and has received clinical trials funding from pharmaceutical ...