A diagnosis of treatment-resistant depression can lead to a sense of hopelessness and despair in some patients. Maria Korneeva/Moment via Getty Images A plumber who shows up to fix a leaking toilet ...

Scientists have long wondered whether depression leads to less sleep or whether a lack of sleep triggers depression. A new study suggests it's the latter: Getting less than five hours of sleep a night ...

The term “masked depression” was once used to describe a condition where a person with depression experienced physical symptoms, called somatic or somatoform symptoms, without feeling the ...

More than two million Americans age 65 and older suffer from depression, but research says almost 80 percent don't receive adequate help for this serious, but treatable disorder. Seniors tend to ...

A plumber who shows up to fix a leaking toilet with a single tool is not likely to succeed. The same is true if a mental health professional offers only one approach for a complex problem like ...