Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating mental health condition characterized by persistent low mood, loss of ...

I’m 31 now and I found out I had major depressive disorder when I was 19. I had a miserable freshman year of college, but I didn't really know what was wrong. I saw a therapist and the following ...

Image credit: Koldunov/Getty Images. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder globally. The amount of people with MDD continues to increase every year.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Spravato (esketamine) CIII nasal spray for adults living with major depressive disorder who have had an inadequate response to at least two oral ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic and recurrent mental condition leading to huge impacts on direct and indirect personal and public medical costs. To overcome such a serious mental ...

When you have major depressive disorder (MDD), understanding what to expect can help you manage the ups and downs. When someone I work with is newly diagnosed, I spend a lot of time educating them ...

Hundreds of millions of people around the world live with major depressive disorder (MDD), making it the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder with numbers increasing annually. Past studies show ...

People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depression experience high levels of stimulation and pleasure when intoxicated, similar to drinkers who do not have depression, according to a new study. The ...

Chihaya’s version of bibliophobia grew out of the fear of one book in particular—the monograph that her career demanded and ...

A massive trans-ancestry genome-wide association study (GWAS) looked at the genetic makeup of 688,808 individuals with depression and 4,364,225 people in the control group and identified, in total ...

In some studies, as many as one third of people with major depressive disorder had symptoms of agitation and physical restlessness. They may range from frequent wringing of the hands and shuffling ...

The roots of the various conditions defined by the medical field of psychiatry—such as major depression, schizophrenia, or generalized anxiety disorder—are still not well understood.