A recent Gallup poll showed that 1 out of every 6 people in America are depressed or seeking treatment for depression. This is the highest figure ever in the United States. Fifty thousand suicides ...

Economics professor Christopher Clarke joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about The Great Depression. What caused The Great Depression? How bad as The Great Depression? What did ...

We don’t experience depression uniformly, and a new study finds that some symptoms may be more strongly linked with developing dementia later in life.

A new study challenges the long-standing theory that a lack of serotonin in the brain causes depression and the value of antidepressants designed to address the problem. Researchers at the University ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science offers a nuanced look at how genetic risk for ...

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for the treatment of clinical depression has raised questions about the links between depression and strokes – and how long he’ll need to be ...

Have you experienced any depressive symptoms over the past two weeks? Do you think you could be suffering from clinical depression? If so, you might want to consider filling out a brief Patient Health ...

Traditional screening tools for depression focus on internalizing symptoms, including feelings of hopelessness and sadness. Such surveys may miss depression in boys and men, which more often manifests ...

Parents and schools typically go into escalating-consequence mode — trying to motivate the child to change their patterns. The problem is, these behaviors are symptoms of depression, so the child ...

Persistent sadness, loss of energy, isolation... these sometimes subtle signs may be hiding depression. This mental health disorder, far from being a simple "slump," can affect anyone, at any age.

A great depression is gonna involve a lot of economic collapse, not just production, but we'll have high unemployment. All across the board, we're gonna see a slowdown in economic activity and the ...