Over the past few years there has been a significant increase in depression and anxiety in the general population, including school-aged children and teenagers. While there are multiple factors ...

One of the questions I'm often asked is, "What Can I Do To Help Someone With Depression?" The answer: There are many things you can do to help. 1) Listen Compassionately: One of the most important ...

Depression is a common mental illness and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Psychological therapy is often the treatment of choice for depression; however, even evidence-based psychotherapies ...

If you’re alarmed by those numbers, you’re not alone. “I’m not surprised that there was a drastic increase [in depression], although I was surprised that it was 60 percent,” Heather Hagen, MS, LMFT, ...

While anxiety disorders are fairly common – they affect approximately 2 in 10 adults every year – they can have a real impact on someone’s ability to carry out their day-to-day responsibilities. And ...

How to recognize depression in older adults. Aug. 3, 2010 — -- About 7 million people over the age of 65 have been diagnosed with depression, and many more could be suffering. Dr. Marie Savard ...

We’ve come a long way from Freud’s couch. The big breakthrough arrived in the late 1980s with the advent of safer and more widely effective drugs, like Prozac. According to Dr. Bruce Cohen of ...

Clinical depression is often linked to aches and pains, including back pain. Having chronic back pain is also associated with worsening depression symptoms in some people. Research indicates there’s a ...