Dear Amy: I have a very close friend who is extremely depressed. She is negative about every aspect of her life: marriage, career and self-image. She posts negative memes on Facebook about how ugly ...

Written by Nancy Sweeney, CLC, and Cara Gardenswartz PhD at GroupTherapyLA. Watching someone you care about slip away into the shadows of depression is a painful, helpless experience. You want to ...

When someone is depressed, it can be tough to make friends (Gemini) Understandably, it’s tough to make friends when you’re feeling depressed… Even if you desperately want someone to talk to, to ...

It's common to try to lift the spirits of people suffering from mental health issues like depression—but that's a mistake. In the wake of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade's suicides, here's what *not* ...

I have a friend I’ll call “Scott.” We have known each other for 15 years or so and have been retired for the last few years. He enjoyed working before he retired due to a plant closure. Now Scott ...

Mark Ruffalo recalled his best friend’s suicide at age 20, when he was struggling with his own mental health. The actor said ...

Medical students face a variety of mental health problems but could be reluctant to seek help. In fact, research reveals that medical students are more likely to experience anxiety, burnout, and ...

If you suspect your child might be struggling mentally, but they haven’t explicitly said so, it can be difficult to know what to do or say to help them. Such was the predicament one parent faced ...