Judith Joseph, MD, created the first research-backed framework for assessing high-functioning depression. Now, the psychiatrist wants Black women take charge of their happiness with it. Her upcoming ...

There are many reasons to be a giving, charitable person. Giving to others helps us cement relationships, elicit gratitude, and connect communities. It can also make us feel happier and healthier, ...

If you have depression, you probably know that exercise can do a lot of good for your symptoms. Plenty of research shows that exercise can boost mood and ease depression. But many find that their ...

Easing stress is one of the healthiest pursuits you can embark on this January. Here are some evidence-backed ways to ground ...

Here are six common reasons why depression can lead to weight changes, along with supportive, realistic tips to help you care for yourself through each one. Depression can change the way we eat, move, ...

Imagine your dad was a bully. If so, when you were a child, he might have withheld affection and warmth and been quick to be critical if things didn’t go his way. As an adult, you would find yourself ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

FOR some adults, it can be difficult to think about the lives children lead or consider they might have similar emotional and ...

Mental health and depression have taken the forefront of social conversations lately. People are willing to speak more on the issue and even singer undefinednot too long ago. More people are coming ...

Conscious aging is an offshoot of the 1987 model of successful aging, which was defined as an elderly person moving through the last chapter of life without disease and disability. Given that we’re ...