DEPRESSION

Researchers at Northwestern University are developing the Mobilyze! device to give depression sufferers more immediate assistance.

The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression.

A therapeutic robot has been invented to prevent elderly people from depression and loneliness in Japan by Dr. Masayoshi Kanoh in Chukyo University in Japan. It is called Babyloid.

Antidepressants have made some sufferers of depression feel even more depressed, a fresh look at past studies has found.

What do Vladimir Putin, a real Don, and Herman Cain, a real Godfather Pizza Don, have in common? The connection is psychological, maybe even Dostoevskian. But it isn't about depression, unless it's ours, the voting public. It's about delusion.

Mental health issues in the U.S. are often misunderstood or worse, ignored. The end of the year often brings feelings of loneliness and isolation because of the holiday times, but it's important for people to understand the difference between normal mood swings and clinical behavior that affects people's daily lives.

We are born pre-wired for mental illness

Over eight million American adults had suicidal thoughts between 2008 and 2009, a period during which an estimated one million adults attempted suicide, according to a study released Thursday.

One in 10 Americans is on antidepressants, according to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control -- a 400 percent increase from a decade ago.

One in ten Americans takes antidepressants, according to a federal study published Wednesday, a rate that has skyrocketed in the last two decades.

Suicide rates are skyrocketing in a country already beset by massive job cuts, austerity spending, slashed pensions, and soaring taxes.

Study shows hate circuit broken depressed people.

Study suggests that doctors check with mild stroke patients about depression and other effects.

Policymakers have lost control of the economic crisis and financial markets are forcing the world into a depression, George Soros said on Friday, urging Europe to create a common Treasury, recapitalize its banks and protect vulnerable states.

Coffee drinkers may have Folgers to thank for their joyful days as women who drink two or more cups of coffee each day are less at risk of depression, according to a team of researchers at the Harvard Medical School.

Women who regularly consume coffee are less likely to suffer from depression according to a new study.

A new study by Harvard University researchers found that coffee acts as an antidepressant among the people who consume caffeinated products on a regular basis.

Regular consumption of two or more cups of the caffeinated beverage helps women lower the risks of developing depression, researchers of Harvard University found.

Coffee does a lot more for older women than merely giving them energy. Female lovers of fully caffeinated coffee are at a 20 per cent lower risk of getting depressed, a new study has found.

New research shows that people who are depressed may be a little more likely than others to suffer from a stroke down the road.

Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army's vice chief of staff, told USA Today the Army is interested in conducting trials to determine whether fish oil can be used to reduce the Army's suicide rate.