People with depression have hyperactive brain activity, according to a study published online Tuesday that offers new insight into the brain dysfunction that causes depression. Researchers at the ...

People experiencing major depressive disorder often report feeling trapped in a cycle of negative thoughts and stagnant moods ...

Deep brain stimulation is an emerging treatment for severe depression, but exactly how it alters the brain to relieve ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mental disorder characterized by high incidence, low treatment acceptance, low clinical cure rate, and high recurrence. The Global Burden of Disease study ...

A new brain imaging study led by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health in the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University, and published in JAMA Network ...

New research in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging shows that the brain of individuals who have recovered from depression retains a heightened sensitivity to negative cues, ...

A study linking accelerated immune-cell aging to emotional, but not physical, depressive symptoms strengthens evidence that ...

Psychological stress plays a critical role in the onset of depression by activating neuroimmune and endocrine responses, leading to dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and ...

Physical exercise is known to improve mental health. A new study reveals that a muscle-released protein called apelin travels ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy ...