Losing a job, ending a relationship or being diagnosed with a chronic disease can all lead to feelings of sadness and despair. Feeling blue from time to time is a normal part of life. But when ...

Optimism bias refers to the tendency to overestimate positive outcomes and underestimate risks. In financial forecasting, ...

Treatments for depression are difficult to study. First, depression is a condition that can improve without treatment. So any treatment must be compared to placebo to see if the treatment is ...

Texting or emailing with a therapist might provide more relief to people with depression than waiting for an appointment on video-based platforms. That was the hypothesis researchers at the University ...

For patients battling severe depression, antidepressant medications are still the best option for treatment, but these drugs may offer little benefit to patients suffering from milder forms of ...

February 11, 2010 — Left untreated, mild depression does not resolve with time and for a significant number of patients will persist and worsen, eventually resulting in a diagnosis of major depressive ...

Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. In 2015, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 6.7 percent of adults experienced at ...

The results from the United Kingdom support CMS' decision to add a payment code for collaborative care to this year's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Policy changes from CMS to promote collaborative ...

The best treatment for depression can vary depending on a person's medical history and their severity of symptoms. For some people, particularly those with mild depression, certain herbs and ...

Exercise can, in many cases, reduce depressive symptoms as effectively as standard treatments, according to a new evidence ...