If you are a chronic self-critic, you may have a set of "rules" that are responsible for your depression. Giving up rules such as "If I fail, then I'm worthless" or "I should get the approval of ...

Lotus Kay started to feel depressed when she was 12 years old. But when she got her first period about a year later, a peculiar pattern emerged: Her depression symptoms would get worse the week before ...

ML: Yamini, you began to experience anxiety, depression, and self-harm pretty young. What were the barriers to seeking help? YR: I lived in India until I was 12; I didn’t know there was help. It’s not ...

In 1993, I published “Listening to Prozac,” a book that grew out of my clinical experience prescribing what was then a new class of medications, ones thought to moderate depression through their ...

People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with the disorder, a new UC San Francisco-led study found.

Depression has become a new age pandemic, affecting millions of people each year. While many individuals with depression turn to medication for relief, psychotherapy also plays a crucial role in ...

Joanna Pozzulo receives funding from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada. Carleton University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Carleton University provides funding ...

A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-acting therapy that targets the area of the ...