The brains of people with recurrent depression have a significantly smaller hippocampus - the part of the brain most associated with forming new memories - than healthy individuals, a new global study ...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) could provide an alternative non-drug treatment for people who do not wish to continue long-term antidepressant treatment, suggests new research published in ...

New research in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging shows that the brain of individuals who have recovered from depression retains a heightened sensitivity to negative cues, ...

The Canadian Cardiac Randomized Evaluation of Antidepressant and Psychotherapy Efficacy (CREATE) trial evaluated 284 patients with CAD who had major depression for at least four weeks and Hamilton ...

Depression can feel like the demands of the outside world cost you more than the resources you gain each day. You spend energy and time working, using cognitive resources to have conversations, or ...

Depression and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) share similar symptoms, but depression can occur at any time of the year, while SAD follows a recurring seasonal pattern. For a SAD diagnosis, a person ...

Persistent depression following transient ischemic attack is associated with a 4-fold increase in 5-year all-cause mortality and higher disability.