Depression News

In fact, depression is a term that is used so regularly in our everyday conversation that it has come to refer to the general sad mood that some people experience here and there in relation to specific triggers, such as a string of bad luck or a break up with a significant other.

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Sheila M. Elred writes in Discovery Magazine that a recent study has found that people at risk of depression were much less vulnerable if they identified as religious.

The panel is from left to right: Judith Harrington, Emily Tucker, Erin Jones, Abby Litovsky and Kira Fonbah.

Caitlin Ryan of San Francisco State University greets Stanley N. Griffith who was in the audience to listen to her talk, Saturday, October 9, 2010.

On Tuesday, Eddie Reill y, 47, who worked as a trader at Vertical Group in New York City, threw himself off of a platform at the Long Island Rail Road's Syosset station, and was immediately hit by the oncoming commuter train.

Senior citizens window shop as they make their way down the a main street in Peterborough, Ont.

Depression affects one out of five Americans and is poised to become the biggest source of worldwide disability.

According to a study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, symptoms of depression are associated with an increase in arterial stiffness induced by mental stress.

Adults with no previous history of depression can develop it late in life due to changes and loss es they experience.

But the singer, best known for her Tony-winning performance as Effie in the original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls" and the iconic rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," wasn't always sure she wanted her career resurrected.

With her first solo album in two decades, Jennifer Holliday is on the comeback trail.

I'm generally an upbeat person, not given to bouts of sadness or melancholy, and, luckily, I've never suffered from serious depression.

Mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms associated with cancer in teens, according to the results of a clinical trial intervention led by researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital.

Jon Corzine testifies before a House Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee in this December 15, 2011, file photo.

The number of people taking antidepressant medication in Nelson and Marlborough has grown more than anywhere else in the country.

Families who have benefited from Fern House services. Samantha Holmes and her son Oliver, Jenn Hartley and Kenneth and Sarah Norton and Waimanuka.

A new study from PLoS ONE reports findings on the effects of domestic violence in GBT men, Medical Daily reports .

Did you know that one in 10 people struggle with depression? Depression can consist of a range of symptoms and it can also impact every aspect of a person's life including social, family, personal and work/school life.

Organizations in Delaware are joining to implement intervention services in schools there in the wake of a National School Climate survey reporting that as many as 64 percent of LGBT youth are likely to suffer from depression, suicide attempts and substance abuse, the Belleville News-Democrat reports .

Lateral violence, or workplace bullying, may be verbal-persistent criticism, gossiping, yelling, or berating-or nonverbal, including the behaviors of undermining, sabotaging, clique formation, failure to respect privacy or keep confidences, and assigning unmanageable workloads.