Depression News

Last year, Harvard psychologist Irving Kirsch made a major splash on CBS' "60 Minutes" by proclaiming that most antidepressant drugs were little better than placebos.

Even though the winter weather is here, the official start of winter is this weekend.

The importance of quality sleep cannot be overstated. Arguably, sleep is the single most important aspect of maintaining a healthy mind and body.

If you are concerned that you are experiencing symptoms of depression or have family members who are, you can contact these places: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC has a call center for general inquiries and for scheduling outpatient appointments at 412-624-2000.

This follows findings that those who had been treated for a cat bite were five times more likely to develop depression than people who hadn't.

Online charity Turn2me has had almost 50,000 visits to its website so far this month, up from an average 40,000 hits a month.

As many parents of mentally ill adults will confirm anecdotally, the first symptoms of "something not quite right" with their children begin to appear during the teen years.

A father who died after jumping in front of a train had a history of depression and paranoia, an inquest heard.

"I've been sick since I was about 15 and I'm 37 now, so it's been a long road." Larisa Womack has spent her entire adult life suffering in a sea depression; in a bubble she says while the world turns around you.

Cardiovascular disease is an important worldwide cause of mortality. In The Netherlands, CVD is the leading cause of death for women and the second cause of death for men.

Despite major advances in research, between 30 and 40 percent of all people diagnosed with depression don't respond to standard treatments.

Audrey Woods was cuddling the newest of her 23 great-grandchildren one day last month in her ground floor apartment at the Arbors Arch Court Apartments on the North Side.

Stephen Wisniewski, Brandon Gaudiano and David Karp all look at antidepressant medications through different lenses.

Purpose of the study was to investigate alterations in midbrain serotonin transporter binding in patients with epilepsy and symptoms of depression compared to patients with epilepsy with no symptoms of depression.

Outreach Minister Rev. Georgeanne Bennett, at right, leads the Worcester Fellowship weekly lunch and worship service for homeless people Sunday on Worcester Common.

A research shows that both men and women in the group that eats the most fruit and vegetables have less than half suicide risk than those with the lowest consumption.

Dear Dr. Roach: "TMS" stands for "Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation" and is done for four to five weeks daily and takes about 30 to 40 minutes per treatment in the doctor's office, with the doctor overseeing it and a trained technician doing the treatment.

Paige Bellenbaum remembers days when she'd be pushing her infant son, Max, in a stroller and see a bus coming down the street in New York City.

There are more than 19 million adults in the United States living with depression and many more people could be suffering but are unaware that what they are feeling is depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Looking back on her life, Bettie Davis thinks she may always have had depression, and her mother and grandmother may have lived under its cloud as well.