This story was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Maybe you’re neck-deep in a two-week funk you just can’t seem to shake, or perhaps you’ve been struggling with severe depression for years. No ...

A new ketamine pill may help hard-to-treat depression with fewer side effects than other forms of the treatment, early research suggests. Technically, no form of ketamine has been approved by the US ...

For some people with depression, finding the right medication can be a process of trial and error lasting for months or even years, which can worsen symptoms. But ...

Depression silently affects more than 21 million adults in the United States alone, yet many still struggle to recognize its symptoms or find effective treatments. While occasional sadness is part of ...

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

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression - making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically for ...

Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

SSRIs are part of a newer class of medications and tend to be better tolerated than the older TCAs or MAOIs. In addition to different types of depression, like major depressive disorder (MDD), SSRIs ...