Depression

Recent studies illustrate the importance of homing in on the somatic symptoms of depression

Here's a case that illustrates the importance of factoring in the presence of pain when treating mental disorders in patients with seemingly intractable pain.

Poetic, raw, and haunting, this young woman's description of having a psychiatric illness powerfully reveals what I believe are common, but rarely articulated, thoughts and feelings.

Should doctors be legally allowed to assist terminally ill patients in committing suicide?

If left untreated, burnout can become chronic and debilitating. Here are tips to recognizing the signs and symptoms.

Once a health care professional has reached a chronic stage of burnout, lives may be at stake. But prevention and treatment are possible.

We are about to publish the winning essays from our first-ever writer's contest. We hope you'll find them as moving and memorable as we did.

Three reasons clinicians skip over bupropion.

Three new studies focus on risk factors for the development of depressive disorders.

A special collection of current clinical work and issues surrounding eating disorders-specifically comorbidity, prevalence in men, and mortality.

A 20-year-old college sophomore with “depression and anxiety,” who is exercising ferociously and who is literally dying to lose more weight sets the stage.

More social media use was associated with more depression in this study. Findings suggest that clinicians need to ask about social media use by people who are depressed.

How generalizable are the results of depression treatment studies? Which factors predict readmission and length of stay in inpatients with mood disorders?

The CDC and FDA have -- at last -- recognized that there might be something of a problem in the way opiates are prescribed!

This article sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to TRD management in adults 60 years and older.

Is creativity augmented or inhibited by mental illness? Insights from 4 case studies of troubled yet brilliant minds.

Clinicians have a powerful voice that can be used to address cyberbullying, improve campus climate, and support a positive undergraduate experience.

While most clinicians know about Huntington disease, they may not be aware of its devastating effect in cognition and behavior during onset in childhood and adolescence.

For too long the treatment needs of the seriously mentally ill have been ignored by SAMSHA, and this needs to change, says this psychiatrist.

Editors' choices of noteworthy psychiatry stories from around the Web: genetics of schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease, the perils of mixing prescription and over-the-counter medications, new guidelines for treating pain with opioids, and other topics.

For a change, here is some very good news coming from several fronts. "It’s almost like science fiction, but it’s real."

Setting the record straight on the burgeoning field of reproductive psychiatry.

ECT has been an acute intervention for patients with severe resistant MDD, but what is its effect on brain volume?

Many teens believe the only way to escape bullying is "not to be here." The author examines recent studies that demonstrate the problem isn't going away.