Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's important to give yourself permission to feel the way you need to when you're depressed. Malte Mueller via Getty Images While ...

Depression treatments focus mostly on decreasing negative emotions. But a study finds that increasing positive ones might be ...

Editor’s note: Season 8 of the podcast Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets back to basics with an in-depth examination of the brain in different states. Each episode will focus on one of those ...

These strategies combine to form a regimen that made my depression easier and more predictable. I have had clinical depression for eleven years, and will until I die. Per Medical News Today ...

Depressed people need more than the usual amount of understanding from friends and family, but they can be very unpleasant. The anger and lack of concern that a depressed person shows can be very ...

Are depressed people simply more realistic in judging how much they control their lives, while others view the world through rose-colored lenses, living under the illusion that they have more control ...

A meta-analysis of studies involving over 3.2 million participants found that major depressive disorder is significantly more ...

Adjustment disorder with depressed mood and major depressive disorder (MDD) share some similar symptoms. However, they are distinct mental health conditions. Adjustment disorder involves the ...

Henry is a local scientist who came to see me about six months ago because of his increasing stress and unhappiness. Despite being very successful at his work, having a wonderful partner and family, a ...

People who are depressed sometimes do things that are hard for people who aren’t depressed to understand. Some are small, like not being able to get out of bed. But some can be much more significant — ...

While depression can trick you into believing you’re the only person who has ever experienced the feelings of sadness, hopelessness and isolation that come with it, that couldn’t be further from the ...