Behavioral activation is part of the ‘B’ or behavioral side of cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on changing what people do. I should mention that during college, I worked in the laboratory of ...

Depressive disorders rank among the most prevalent mental disorders and are among the most burdensome health conditions worldwide 1. In 2021, an estimated 330 million people worldwide were living with ...

This post is in response to Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases By Gregg Henriques Ph.D. Given that many readers found my claims about the nature of depression controversial (here and ...

In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers compared the efficacy of antidepressant medication management (MEDS) against behavioral activation psychotherapy (BA) among inpatients ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence that people with depression ...

Psychiatrists think inflammation may be at the root of some people’s illness. How to treat it is an open question.

Prenatal maternal stress negatively impacts maternal mental health and mother-child interaction, potentially increasing the risk of developmental outcomes in offspring. While studies in humans and lab ...

Doctronic reports that men often show depression through anger, irritability, and risk-taking, leading to misdiagnosis and ...

Spravato (esketamine) is a nasal spray used for depression and was approved by the FDA in 2019. It is specifically for treatment-resistant depression, meaning depression symptoms that have not gotten ...

Teenagers in the United States are in crisis. That news got hammered home earlier this year following the release of a nationally representative survey showing that over half of high school girls ...