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A new study finds young men who are chronic gamblers are also likely to be suffering from depression, and impulsive boys are more likely to become gambling adults.

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced results from the first placebo-controlled study in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) who presented with a limited number of associated manic…

Teens with slower performance on a test of “cognitive processing speed” are more likely to have depression and anxiety symptoms as adults, reports a paper in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of…

UMD study is the first in the US to examine the association between the Great Recession and mental health at the population levelMen and women in the U.S.

Victimized teens more likely to carry weapons to schoolHigh school students subjected to bullying and other forms of harassment are more likely to report being seriously depressed, consider…

Depression affects about 121 million people worldwide, with about 10 percent of all cases involving people who don’t respond to antidepressants, according to an estimate by the U.S.

Researchers have discovered that depression can lead to metabolic changes. These changes could indicate the body’s way of coping with major environmental stressors.

Is it possible to prevent mental health problems in higher education students?

The commercial success of SSRI antidepressants is based on a ‘myth’ that has been a ‘costly distraction’ from better treatment approaches, suggests one expert.

The largest trial yet of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy finds that this treatment works about as well as antidepressants for reducing depressive relapses.