Psychiatrist says cases are rare but cites stress, untreated mental illness as contributing factors ...

Carly Schwartz hid her severe depression while working in Big Tech. Here's how she fought her way through and learned to be honest with colleagues.

Eight months after birth, many parents expect life to feel at least a little steadier. When instead the days are soaked in sadness, irritability and sudden rage, it can feel like a personal failure ...

Spread the loveAs America grapples with a profound youth mental health crisis, the statistics paint a troubling picture: nearly 40 percent of high school students report experiencing persistent ...

When it comes to pregnancy-related depression, how can women and families recognize when the “baby blues” may be something more?

A Tampa mental health provider says such proposals create an environment of fear and hostility in the LGBTQ+ community that can be tricky to treat.

Use of chat and text services has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Rachel Joy Voth Schrag, a UT Arlington professor of social work. Understanding how survivors use these digital ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Compass Pathways on ...

Jayashri Kulkarni receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council as a Leadership Level 3 Investigator Grant, and has received clinical trials funding from pharmaceutical ...

A single dose of the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) had a rapid and sustained effect on depressive symptoms in a small trial. DMT – a fast-acting and extremely potent psychedelic found in ...

Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...

We often discuss depression and dementia separately, although scientists have long observed a connection between the two: People with depression appear to have a higher likelihood of developing ...