Depression and anxiety are common among people with multiple sclerosis. Learn more about symptoms and treatment, plus the role of inflammation.

Mental health disorders are now the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a major new study. Researchers found nearly 1.2 billion people were living with a mental health disorder in 2023 ...

Researchers say a single intravenous ketamine infusion can rapidly relieve severe depression and suicidal thoughts when ...

A major global study warns mental disorders are now the world’s leading cause of disability, with anxiety and depression sharply rising.

Imagine wading through severe depression for years, taking medication after medication, with no relief. Now, envision discovering that what you were facing was not major depression but bipolar ...

Depression is a common and serious mental health condition that comes in many forms. Learn about the distinct types of depression, including bipolar depression and postpartum depression.

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 ...

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The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed major depressive disorder (MDD) and other conditions linked to it to be treated. A person with MDD is usually prescribed ...

Nearly three quarters of children diagnosed with major depression also experience insomnia, excessive sleeping (hypersomnia) or both. Researchers from the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at ...