SYNLAB and ALCEDIAG recently launched the first blood test to assist in mental health diagnosis in France. The test is aimed at differentiating bipolar disorders from depression. The news may be ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Thursday is National Depression Screening Day and there's new research on the importance of diagnosing the mental health condition that can be life-saving. This research is ...

A large new study finds the likelihood of having dementia persists whether depression is identified in early, middle, or late life. Adults diagnosed with depression at any age are more than twice as ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), clinical depression affects nearly 300 million people worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 20 million or more people in the ...

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have ...

Increased rates of incident depression appear in some patients with Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia, 7 to 8 years ...

This study contrasts the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) between 291 psychiatrists and 40 ...

There has been a lasting and disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on diagnosis rates for conditions including ...

Researchers from Denmark have uncovered strong evidence that depression often appears years before Parkinson’s disease and ...

There has been a lasting and disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis rates for conditions including ...

This post was co-authored with Max Fink, M.D. There has been a lot of talk in the media about psychiatric diagnosis and what it's for. In The New York Times, psychiatrist Ronald Pies says that the ...