Depression affects 280 million people worldwide. The mental illness has been proven to lead to changes in eating behavior. Researchers have discovered that although patients with depression generally ...

A smile or a frown may seem like simple emotional signals, but the expressions a child focuses on can reveal important ...

People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with the disorder, a new UC San Francisco-led study found.

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A single dose of psilocybin eased symptoms of depression within days, with benefits lasting for more than three months ...

A smile. A frown. The faces a child pays closer attention to might offer insight into their mental health. Depression may ...

In recent years, the world has faced an onslaught of increasingly apocalyptic extreme weather events, which have become more frequent due to the climate crisis. Naturally, we might expect these ...

Women exposed to higher levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) or inhalable particulate matter (PM 10) during the second trimester of pregnancy face an almost fourfold increased risk of postpartum ...

Depression may accelerate aging at the cellular level and lead to premature death, according to a new study. Major depressive disorder (MDD) has previously been found to be a risk factor for many ...

Depression appears to change what children notice in the faces around them, but the effect depends on family history. Kids with a higher inherited risk became more focused on sadness, while lower-risk ...