Live Science spoke with the scientists behind an upcoming clinical trial testing an immune therapy for depression.

Researchers are testing whether drugs designed to quiet the immune system can lift severe depression that resists ...

A new study from UCLA Health suggests that compressing six weeks of transcranial magnetic stimulation into a single intensive five-day protocol may offer comparable symptom relief for many patients ...

Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern believe it may be possible to diagnose depression using a blood test. According to Eva Redei, a professor of psychiatry at the university ...

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects 10 to 20 percent of birthing parents globally with debilitating effects, including depression, severe mood swings, withdrawal from family and friends, and an ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

Results of an analysis of health survey data from more than 560,000 U.S. college students concludes that depression symptoms have steadily increased over the past 15 years, particularly among women, ...

Researchers have identified a number of risk factors for dementia including specific health conditions such as depression during midlife. A new study has identified six specific depressive symptoms ...