Common clinical condition characterized by pathological lowering of MOOD, and inability to experience pleasure (ANHEDONIA). Associated symptoms include SLEEP disturbance with early wakening; poor APPETITE with body weight loss; impaired concentration...

Depression is the most common of all mental disorders. Almost one in four persons will be diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. Of special note to scholars who study men and masculinity is the consistent discrepancy between men and...

Depression An emotional state or mood characterized by one or more of these symptoms: sad mood, low energy, poor concentration, sleep or appetite changes, feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness, and thoughts of suicide. Until recently, it was...

Depression is a general lowering or reduction, for example of mood, activity, or...

   Depression, from mild to severe, is experienced by approximately eighty percent of mothers after giving birth. The 'baby blues', with feelings of anxiety and sadness, usually recedes within one or two weeks. However, some mothers [one or two out of ten] suffer more severe...

The House on Monday urged health agencies to expand research into postpartum depression problems that affect up to one-fifth of new mothers and can, if untreated, lead to more serious psychoses.Democrats also accepted a GOP-backed provision that approves a National Institutes of Mental Health study...

As many as half of all people hospitalized for surgery or other procedures to treat blocked heart arteries develop depression, according to a report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Doctors believe the depression is brought on by...

The Danish director Lars Von Trier said a period of depression has left him unable to work and he has doubts about when he will return to filmmaking.In an interview published Saturday in the Politiken newspaper, Von Trier said the aftermath of his depression has...

Information about depression, including its categorization as a disease, the chemical imbalances in the brain that causes it, and a description of modern treatments.

A summary of a paper written by Neal D. Ryan titled "Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents." The paper is a review of studies about the hereditary and environmental factors that lead to depression in children.