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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending screening for depression in the general adult population, including pregnant and postpartum women, and that screening should be…

People who experience multiple episodes of major depression show disruption to emotional networks in the brain, new research reveals.

Seasonal affective disorder has been considered an official diagnosis since the 1980s. However, new evidence appears set to alter its status.

Preschoolers raised in poorer families may experience brain changes that raise the risk of clinical depression at age 9 or 10, compared with those raised in richer families.

Many negative consequences are linked to growing up poor, and researchers at Washington University St. Louis have identified one more: altered brain connectivity.

Inflammation connected to elevated glutamate in brain.Psychiatrists investigating depression have been energized in recent years by reports of rapid, successful treatment with drugs that…

Caring for an infant is challenging for any mother — but especially so for women with postnatal depression, which may lead to adverse effects on child outcomes.

Seasonal affective disorder most commonly strikes in winter. But experts say many people do not know they have it and doctors need better information to diagnose it.

New study suggests a potential biomarker in the brain.A network of interacting brain regions known as the default mode network (DMN) was found to have stronger connections in adults and children…

The brains of children who suffer clinical depression as preschoolers develop abnormally, compared with the brains of preschoolers unaffected by the disorder, according to new research at…