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Maternal depression is more common at four years following childbirth than at any other time in the first 12 months after childbirth, and there needs to be a greater focus on maternal mental health…

A University of Alberta study is helping crack the code to happiness by exploring the long reach of depression and anger over more than two decades.

Studies identifying biomarkers for depression have received widespread coverage, but will their findings improve how patients are treated and diagnosed?

As part of a series of themed publications on suicide, a study in The Lancet Psychiatry examines a link between newspaper reporting and clusters of teen suicides in the US.

Dampening or suppression of positive emotions plays an important role in the development of postpartum depression, a new KU Leuven study shows for the first time.

Ashley Pritchard, a Simon Fraser University doctoral student, is among four authors of a new research paper calling for closer monitoring of new mothers for mental health problems in light of their…

Experimental studies have shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) within the subcallosal cingulate (SCC) white matter of the brain is an effective treatment for many patients with treatment-resistant…

Spending time online has the potential to ward off depression among retirees, particularly among those who live alone, according to research published online in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B…

Notwithstanding numerous advances in the pharmacological treatment of depression, approximately 70% of patients do not remit after first-line antidepressant treatment.

A research team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published the first controlled evidence showing that an intranasal ketamine spray conferred an unusually rapid antidepressant effect…