Self-doubt doesn’t announce itself with fanfare. It whispers criticisms in quiet moments, questions accomplishments during celebrations, and plants seeds of uncertainty when confidence is most needed.

Walking, breathing, and moving your body can be the first step out of the emotional tunnel of depression and back into ...

Depression is a complex experience that affects millions of people worldwide, often persisting for long periods or recurring throughout a person's life. Depression, especially the ongoing experience ...

Self-harm or self-injury means hurting yourself on purpose. One common method is cutting with a sharp object. But any time someone deliberately hurts themself is classified as self-harm. Some people ...

Behind professional competence, many clinicians may wrestle with depression, emotional fatigue, and fear of admitting ...

Lotus Kay started to feel depressed when she was 12 years old. But when she got her first period about a year later, a peculiar pattern emerged: Her depression symptoms would get worse the week before ...

On October 10, which is known as World Mental Health Day, the message is about asking for help: “It’s OK to not be OK. Reach out. You’ll get better.” But for many of us, the real challenge is staying ...

As I have spent a good part of the last year in and out of hospitals, ICUs, trauma treatment centers, and eating disorder treatment, I feel like I have read almost every self-help book under the sun.

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

Radial reports that teen depression is prevalent yet under-treated. Effective options include therapy, antidepressants, and ...