Researchers found that 8.3% of US adults had at least one major depressive episode. In adolescents, the rate was 20.1%, with 29.2% of female adolescents reporting a major depressive episode. Major ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy ...

Patients with major depressive disorder and patients with inflammatory skin diseases like atopic dermatitis share similar ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among 336 patients with asthma, 46 also had major depressive disorder. There were longitudinal associations ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed major depressive disorder (MDD) and other conditions linked to it to be treated. A person with MDD is usually prescribed ...

Cannabis use disorder has a bidirectional and clinically meaningful association with major depressive disorder, new research suggests.

Young adults with depression exhibit unusual cellular energy patterns in both their brains and blood, characterized by cells ...

As the conversation around mental health disorders like depression becomes increasingly normalized, it can also blur the lines between situational feelings of stress, anxiety, and dejection and ...

Depression-related fatigue is caused by cellular "overworking" at rest and a failure to produce energy under stress.

Compared with healthy individuals, those with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder exhibit reduced amygdala-fronto-limbic connectivity.

Rates of depression notably spiked during the pandemic. But even though life has largely returned to normal, we’re still in a mental health crisis. In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General declared an ...