depression

In a study on adolescent depression following terror attacks, Professor Golan Shahar of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel, and Professor Christopher Henrich of Georgia State University, report that social support experienced by thes

Brain scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why some people may be more prone to depression than others.

How vigorously should we treat depression?

New research finds evidence that good leadership has positive effects on employee health and well-being, including lower rates of anxiety, depression, and job stress as well as decreased sick leave and disability.

Harris Methodist Springwood Hospital in Bedford, Texas, (Dallas/Ft. Worth area) has announced it has opened Texas' first hospital-based intensive outpatient program devoted to treating depression in women during childbearing and post-childbearing years.

They survived war, but for some veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, returning to work back home hasn't been easy.

A personal essay about one woman's struggle with postpartum depression

A survey by the San Francisco-based Web site Babycenter.com on the impact of "teeny and toned new celebrity moms" found 31 percent of moms felt angry about the "extra pressure on regular moms to look that way" and 24 percent simply felt depressed.

Men and women who experienced sexual violence while fighting in Liberian civil wars report higher rates of symptoms of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and thoughts of suicide than noncombatants or other former combatants who were not exposed t

In Nepal, former child soldiers display greater severity of mental health problems, such as symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, compared with children who were not forced into military service, according to a study in the August 13 i