Welcome to Part IV in our “What to Do If You Are Depressed” blog series. Each day builds on what has come before. We are now aware that depression is a state of behavioral shutdown (Part I) and that ...

Welcome to Part VIII in our "What to Do If You Are Depressed” blog series. With this installment, we shift more from the “Awareness” and “Acceptance” phase ...

It's important to give yourself permission to feel the way you need to when you're depressed. Malte Mueller via Getty Images While depression can trick you into believing you’re the only person who ...

If you have ever struggled with depression, you know that it is hard to think positively about yourself. The “depressive cognitive triad” means that when people are depressed, they tend to have ...

While it may be difficult to practice gratitude if you have depression, it may help reduce symptoms. Practicing gratitude has other health benefits, such as increasing optimism and improving sleep ...

Depression and anxiety commonly occur together, creating a cycle where symptoms of each condition can worsen the other. A coping “toolkit” may include therapy, lifestyle changes, and medication.

Lotus Kay started to feel depressed when she was 12 years old. But when she got her first period about a year later, a peculiar pattern emerged: Her depression symptoms would get worse the week before ...

Google “overcoming depression” and you’ll get a to-do list. Do take your Zoloft (there’s nothing unchristian about good medicine). Do attend therapy. Do set goals. Do exercise. Do eat right. Now, add ...

Depression can also lead to hypersomnia (an excessive need for sleep) for some people, says Chester Wu, MD, a sleep medicine physician in Houston and a medical reviewer for Everyday Health. Not only ...

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University’s Vagelos College of ...

While depression can trick you into believing you’re the only person who has ever experienced the feelings of sadness, hopelessness and isolation that come with it, that couldn’t be further from the ...