Everyone feels depressed from time to time. But not everyone has depression. Depression, also referred to as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is a condition that can cause severe ...

In 2023, an estimated 11.4% of adult Americans took antidepressants. Here's how the class of medication can help depression ...

One of the questions I'm often asked is, "What Can I Do To Help Someone With Depression?" The answer: There are many things you can do to help. 1) Listen Compassionately: One of the most important ...

How to recognize depression in older adults. Aug. 3, 2010 — -- About 7 million people over the age of 65 have been diagnosed with depression, and many more could be suffering. Dr. Marie Savard ...

While anxiety disorders are fairly common – they affect approximately 2 in 10 adults every year – they can have a real impact on someone’s ability to carry out their day-to-day responsibilities. And ...

If you’re alarmed by those numbers, you’re not alone. “I’m not surprised that there was a drastic increase [in depression], although I was surprised that it was 60 percent,” Heather Hagen, MS, LMFT, ...

Recognizing anxiety or depression in children and when to seek medical treatment. Recognizing anxiety or depression in children as young as preschool age, how to distinguish between a behavioral phase ...

When you think about symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), things like rumination, negative emotions, blunted emotions, insomnia, or restlessness might come to mind. Like most people, you might ...

We’ve come a long way from Freud’s couch. The big breakthrough arrived in the late 1980s with the advent of safer and more widely effective drugs, like Prozac. According to Dr. Bruce Cohen of ...