Depression in teens and young adults may not be easy to recognize. Some may appear sad while others appear unbelievably cheerful. However irritability is a predominant and common symptom.

People use different coping mechanisms to deal with depression, and many use religion to handle depressive symptoms. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin ...

Learn how to cope with depression and improve your mental health with these effective strategies, including exercise, healthy eating, and social connections.

Adults with depressive symptoms used more humor and sarcasm to cope with challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results.Further, adults with anxiety used more sarcasm ...

Depression is one of the most common mood disorders among older adults and here are few habits that can help control its risk.

Another coping strategy, according to Díaz-Valdés Iriarte, is for older adults to find activities that fulfill and relax them.

Depression is a ubiquitous condition of life. As we move through life, we constantly encounter loss or the threat of the loss of important people, dreams, and activities. Depression is a natural ...

Depression is a form of mental illness that is estimated to affect about 5% of adults, or about 280 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. It is also the leading cause ...

Depression in the elderly, or geriatric depression, is a mental and emotional disorder affecting older adults. Feelings of sadness and occasional "blue”" moods are normal. However, lasting ...

Grayce defined depression as the loss of pleasure in life. Though there are numerous symptoms of depression, he said, clinical depression is characterized by anhedonia, a loss of pleasure.

The study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, randomly split adults over age 60 with insomnia but without depression into two groups. Every week for two months, a control group ...