Depression doesn’t mean you’re always feeling low. Sure, most times it’s hard to crawl out of bed or get motivated. Once in a while, however, you feel a spark of your old self—only to get sucked back ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Brain imaging combined with artificial intelligence has identified six distinct "biotypes" of depression and anxiety that may lead to more personalized and effective treatment. This research has ...

Neuroscientists have long relied on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify patterns of activity in the brain by measuring changes in blood flow. This has been an invaluable tool for ...

Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by a recurrent or persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that were previously deemed pleasurable, sometimes accompanied by changes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. For many years, psychological research regarding the depressed brain often ...

The traumatic events that firefighters, first responders and law enforcement workers witness can lead to severe mental health struggles in their daily lives. A 2023 study by the National Highway ...

For decades, treating major depression has involved a frustrating cycle of trial and error, with patients cycling through ...

Deep Brain Stimulation — or DBS — works like a pacemaker in the brain to deliver electrical stimulation that doctors say can help depression AP Photo/Mary Conlon A woman with lifelong depression says ...