Understanding what depression is – and what it is not – is often the first step toward relief.

Karlee Lipton of Conway, Arkansas, was surprised by the way postpartum depression hit her when she had her baby in the summer of 2024. Lipton had already seen a therapist and a psychiatrist to ...

For decades, depression treatment has focused almost entirely on the brain, with drugs designed to tweak neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. Now a wave of research is pointing to an ...

One of the strangest things about depression is that what one believes about its nature and causes can help—or hinder—healing. Depression is different from, say, hypothyroidism. It doesn’t matter ...