A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder groups sharing DNA patterns.

Depression is characterized by a persistent low mood that can affect quality of life. If symptoms usually only occur in the winter months, it may be seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or major ...

A new genetic and clinical analysis suggests that atypical depression represents a distinct biological subtype of the ...

The word depressive comes from depress, stemming from the Latin depressare, meaning to “press down.” For example, we can press down on, or depress, a lever. Whenever you press a key or drive and step ...

Each year when fall arrives, both the sun and my energy disappear earlier. I feel a sense of dread when I first notice darkness outside my window just as I wrap up work in the early evening. I ...