Depression

The FDA approved Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray on Tuesday. Here's everything to know about the new drug, including side effects, cost and availability.

Growing evidence suggests ketamine could be used to ease treatment-resistant depression. And researchers at Stanford University were surprised to find out why that could be.

Trial participants will take the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms while having psychological therapy.

Ketamine is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the most promising ways to rapidly treat acute depression.

The discovery could help researchers create a blood test to diagnose depression.

Sleep patterns may contribute to depression risk.

This finding further upholds the drug's potential use in treating a number of mental health conditions such as depression and addiction.

One-third of adults in the U.S. may be unwittingly taking prescription drugs linked to depression and suicide, according to a new study.

Currently, most anti-depressants are based on one hypothesis of how the mental disorder arises.

It may be time to end the stigma against the approach.

The findings highlight the importance of catching symptoms of cognitive decline early, experts said.

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Over 200 researchers worked on the largest study yet into the potential genetic risk factors of the disease which is linked to almost 1 million suicides worldwide each year.

The role of the hostess, like the waitress at the bar, is even more-so of a pseudo-therapist.

The drug could work through our brain's reward system.

The result "finally puts to bed the controversy on antidepressants," say experts.

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Being tired interferes with your ability to fend off negative thoughts.

Genetic factors in mice helped predict which humans respond well to the drugs.

“I am broken from inside. The depression that gnawed on me slowly has finally engulfed me entirely,” he allegedly wrote.

And it has nothing to do with your waistline.

The new research would take a proven method of treating Parkinson's and apply it to depression and bipolar disorder.

But don't be mean instead.

Only 5 percent of teens surveyed in one report said social media made them feel more depressed.

The natural, plant-based substance may be even more therapeutic than mushrooms and LSD.

Stressors like Trump's threat to obliterate North Korea could contribute to the seasonal blues.

The link between migraines, depression, and anxiety may be explained by similar imbalances in the brain.

Brain scans revealed that psilocybin could be more effective than antidepressants.

A lack of dreams could be responsible for several mental health issues.

Yoga therapy can help ease symptoms of these common mental health conditions.