Depression can feel like a heavy storm cloud that refuses to lift, draining your energy and dimming your outlook on life.

Bright light therapy may be effective at treating Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that typically ...

What are the most effective natural treatments for depression? Studies consistently show that an anti-inflammatory and metabolically functional diet, regular exercise, exposure to sunlight ...

A remedy may be herbal or natural, but this does not mean it ... High quality randomized controlled trials testing ginseng as a depression treatment are lacking. It is unclear whether ginseng ...

In terms of therapy, behavioral activation is one of the many CBT techniques often used to treat depression and anxiety. Your therapist might use any of these techniques during your sessions to ...

When the days get shorter and darker during fall and winter, some people experience more than just a case of the blues.

Depression can make you feel helpless. Taking charge of your treatment is one way to feel in control again. Here are some tips. You may feel like your depression treatment isn't working at all.

Ketamine has "shown promise" in the rapid treatment of major depression and suicidal thoughts, a US study says. Ketamine has a reputation as a party drug but is licensed as an anaesthetic.

In popular culture it has another name: shock therapy. “For depression, I will say that it is the most effective treatment that we have in psychiatry,” said one member of his care team ...

Dr Read describes previous research justifying the use of ECT as 'the lowest quality of any I have seen in my 40-year career' The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat depression should ...