The arrival of COVID-19 brought a rise in mental health concerns and most Americans say the country faces a crisis. Older adults haven't been exempt from the mental toll of the pandemic, which has ...

According to three 2022 comprehensive research reviews, there is no scientific evidence for what we have long been told by psychiatry—and the mainstream media—about the neurobiology of depression.

When you suffer from depression, it can feel like your own brain has betrayed you. That feeling may explain why the theory that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain is so widely ...

Increasing rates of mental health conditions: The study found that the rate of children with mental health conditions has continued to increase before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective To synthesise the evidence on the effects of physical activity on symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adult populations. Design Umbrella review. Data sources Twelve ...

A national panel of health experts says all kids ages 8 years and older should be screened for anxiety. They also recommend that kids 12 and older continue to be screened for depression. The draft ...

“It’s here again, apparently – the bleakest day of the year,” writes Sian Bradley at The Independent. But surely with the pandemic ongoing, “the last thing we need is scaremongering about a Monday so ...

Increases in depression without commensurate increases in treatment are widespread, reports a study. In 2020, past 12-month depression was prevalent among nearly 1 in 10 Americans and almost 1 in 5 ...

The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single ...

Depression sucked the life from Lori Jackson’s time on this earth for nearly 40 years. On her darkest days in college she hung a blanket over her dorm room window to block out the light and slept, ...