If you are depressed, you feel a sense of helplessness, hopelessness or despair. You lose interest in your favorite activities, may experience changes in appetite, weight and sleep patterns, have difficulty concentrating and may be preoccupied with death or suicide. READ MORE
Depression
Depression
10 Ways to Treat SAD
The change in daylight hours can leave people feeling depressed. For some, it can be more than just unhappiness — it can be seasonal affective disorder. Find out how you can treat SAD.
Are Medical Mushrooms Really Magic?
A growing number of practitioners are looking to the power of psychedelics to treat mental health conditions. Are they worth the trip?
Ketamine Therapy Gave Me the Joy I Never Had with Treatment-Resistant Depression
I finally know what it feels like to be happy — an emotion I’d only ever heard about before
For Years, I Lived with Seasonal Affective Disorder, Thinking It Was Just the Winter Blues
There’s no cure for SAD, but I’ve learned ways to keep it under control
The Life-Changing Hope of New Treatments for Clinical Depression
For thousands who find no relief in traditional antidepressants, new treatments may bring light to the darkness of depression
Is It Just Sadness or Is It Clinical Depression?
Should you just deal with sad feelings on your own, or ask for help?
What Dr. Virginia Lindahl Wants You to Know About Suicide
Educating yourself about suicide risks and prevention could help you save someone's life
Getting Help for Your Mental Health Is Not a Weakness, but Try Telling My Asian Parents That
As Chinese immigrants, my parents taught me their cultural values of hard work and overcoming challenges through helping yourself — but when the challenge is mental health, that approach doesn’t work.
When Stigma Kills
Attitudes about mental health in the Black community are changing, but there’s still stigma surrounding mental health diagnoses
I Thought I Conquered Insomnia. Then I Didn’t Sleep for Four Days.
Lifelong perfectionism and a need to please robbed me of my ability to truly relax
This Is Your Brain on No Sleep
We need those 7 to 9 hours to keep our brains healthy in the short term — and for the long haul
How Mental Health Affects Your Heart
Stress, depression and anxiety can affect your heart as well as your mind. What’s the connection between mental health and heart disease, and how can you reduce your risk?
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