Using hormone therapy won’t prevent women from becoming depressed after menopause, new research shows.

But women who quit taking hormones may be more likely to begin having depressive symptoms, Dr.…

Young adults who get fewer than eight hours of sleep per night have greater risks of psychological distress, a combination of high levels…

An antidepressant can alleviate symptoms of major depression in women experiencing or about to experience menopause, according to a study released today led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher.

The research…

Maureen Duffy’s memories of her grandmother are cloudy. Not because of time, but by a condition that cast a shadow over the woman Duffy had visited as a child.

“She was blue. Even…

Eliminating diabetes and depression, as well as increasing education and fruit and vegetable consumption, are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing levels…

Blood tests have been extremely important tools aiding doctors in making medical diagnoses and in guiding the treatment of many diseases. However, psychiatry is one area of medicine where there are few…

Most people know that high cholesterol levels place them at increased risk for heart disease and stroke. Prior research has shown that particular types of strokes contribute to…

Regardless of culture, language, era, or individual artist, the arts consistently depict depression using darkness. Scientific findings now lend empirical support to this representation of depression that everything…

Researchers from Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus say that dementia in some diabetics appears to be caused often by vascular disease in the brain, and the dementia that…

A new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that the presence of depressive symptoms in men with erectile dysfunction constitutes a risk factor for a major…

A new Mayo Clinic study found that apathy and depression significantly predict an individual’s progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a disorder of the brain that…

New research finds that a history of sexual abuse, regardless of the victim’s gender or age when the abuse occurred, correlates strongly with a lifetime diagnosis of…

Anxiety increases heart patients’ likelihood of suffering a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, new research shows.

And the link between anxiety and such events can’t be explained by health…

Of the three main types of oral drugs commonly added to levodopa therapy for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, one might be the most effective, according to…

Children and teenagers who smoke marijuana may have a somewhat heightened risk of developing depression, a new study suggests - though whether the drug itself is to blame is…

More than 135 brain diseases including autism, chronic pain, schizophrenia and dementia are linked to defects in proteins in the junctions between nerve cells, scientists have found.

Researchers have…

Parents who conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) can rest easy - their children will be just as moody as other teenagers conceived “the old fashioned way” but no more…

If you’re feeling depressed, you might feel better if you take fish oil supplements, a new study shows.

Some patients in the study, but not all, got relief from the omega…

A new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals that only 777 of 13,688 (6 percent) substance…

Young men with anxiety disorders may have an increased likelihood of developing heart disease by middle-age, a new study suggests.

The study, which followed nearly 50,000 Swedish men…

Older adults with relatively low intakes of vitamins B6 and B12 may have a higher risk of developing depression than those who get more of the nutrients, a…

Why is there so much disagreement about whether using recreational drugs is morally wrong? A University of Pennsylvania psychology study shows that the…

Three genes that have barely been studied to date have now provided fresh knowledge about patients with suicidal backgrounds. This is the result of a study by…

Young men who attempt suicide before age 18 are much more likely as adults to be aggressive toward their girlfriends or wives, including hitting…

Highly variable sleep schedules predict an elevated risk for suicide independent of depression in actively suicidal young adults, according to a research abstract…