A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change. The fifth and ...

“Unspecified depressive disorder” is used when someone displays depressive symptoms, but there isn’t enough information for a specific diagnosis. Depressive symptoms can be complex and may not clearly ...

Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

Depression is characterized by a persistent low mood that can affect quality of life. If symptoms usually only occur in the winter months, it may be seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or major ...

The word depressive comes from depress, stemming from the Latin depressare, meaning to “press down.” For example, we can press down on, or depress, a lever. Whenever you press a key or drive and step ...

A new genetic and clinical analysis suggests that atypical depression represents a distinct biological subtype of the ...

Each year when fall arrives, both the sun and my energy disappear earlier. I feel a sense of dread when I first notice darkness outside my window just as I wrap up work in the early evening. I ...