DR. BELISA LAZANO-VRANICH ON CLINICAL DEPRESSION: Depression is a medical illness. It's a combination of biological and environmental factors. It has a combination of symptoms, ones that have to do ...

As a condition, depression doesn’t always fly solo. In fact, depression is actually a risk factor for many health problems. Part of the reason is that depression can rob you of the desire to take care ...

Melancholic depression, also called melancholia, is a serious type of depression. Researchers think this type of depression mainly affects your central nervous system. About 25%-30% of people living ...

Psychiatrists think inflammation may be at the root of some people’s illness. How to treat it is an open question.

Periods can cause plenty of uncomfortable symptoms. These symptoms vary from person to person, but they often extend beyond physical discomfort, like cramps, fatigue, and headaches. It’s very common ...

There's a whole lot of information (and misinformation) out there about depression, and debate surrounding how it's treated. In this episode, Sam and Deboki unpack this complex mood disorder that ...

Pam Belluck has covered maternal mental health for a decade. Women who experience depression during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth have a greater risk of suicide and attempted suicide — ...