Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions, and some people recover with medications or therapies. However ...

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For millions of people, the shorter, darker days leading into winter also portend a darkening of their mood.

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A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-acting therapy that targets the area of the ...

Economics professor Christopher Clarke joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about The Great Depression.

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Low vitamin D might not directly cause depression, but maintaining healthy levels could still support better brain function ...

Men suffer depression frequently, but often differently than women. Their symptoms are different and easily justified as ...