This story was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Maybe you’re neck-deep in a two-week funk you just can’t seem to shake, or perhaps you’ve been struggling with severe depression for years. No ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an ex-medical/surgical nurse. I have a daughter-in-law who was treated for depression with magnetic therapy. My psychiatric exposure in the 1950s was with electroshock therapy and ...

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In everyday language, the word depression is used in diverse ways and can refer to anything from passing feelings of sadness and unhappiness to chronic grief and deep despair. When clinicians and ...

Depression silently affects more than 21 million adults in the United States alone, yet many still struggle to recognize its symptoms or find effective treatments. While occasional sadness is part of ...

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SSRIs are part of a newer class of medications and tend to be better tolerated than the older TCAs or MAOIs. In addition to different types of depression, like major depressive disorder (MDD), SSRIs ...