The company is a star in a fast-growing industry. Yet earnings have started to decline and competitors are grabbing a share of new business. Managers and employees alike are concerned, but both feel…

Years ago, college counseling centers were pleasant little side channels of the mental health system, helping students cope with roommate conflict and adjustment to college. No more.

Today they are the newest front…

Evidence is mounting that manic depressive illness, a major public health problem affecting one percent of the population, stems from multiple genes. Scientists have pinpointed new…

Women who are distraught after breaking up with a romantic partner show brain changes that are not seen in women less upset by a romantic rift, researchers report.

Specifically, women…

A panel formed last year to study the area’s ability to take care of drug abusers and the mentally ill will present its findings next month.

Carlisle Area Health and Wellness Foundation…

About 1 in 5 people suffering from heart failure become clinically depressed, and four factors seem to increase the risk, researchers reports.

“Depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure are strongly…

Depressed men and women who consider themselves affiliated with a religion are less likely to attempt suicide than their non-religious counterparts, according to new study findings.

“If someone acknowledges being religious,…

Panic disorders, phobias and other childhood anxiety conditions should be treated during childhood so that they won’t be carried over into adulthood, according to advice in the latest Harvard Mental Health…

Individuals with Depression and anxiety respond better to antidepressant medication if they carry a mutation in a gene called CRHR1, results of a study indicate.

This finding is “very relevant,”…

Scientists have identified a genetic variation that could make people more susceptible to depression, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times. The study by Duke University researchers could…

A new study suggests Depression increases the risk of dying from a stroke.

Researchers found men with the most depressive symptoms were twice as likely to die of a stroke compared to those…

A new study shows the reason some adolescents experience Depression could be abnormal brain structure. The study published in BioMed Central Medicine states depressed teenagers tend to have a smaller hippocampus - the part…

Many women with eating disorders may have a history of childhood anxiety disorders, particularly social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a new study.

The findings, say researchers, suggest that childhood…

Metyrapone, a compound that inhibits the body’s production of steroids, seems to accelerate and augment the effects of serotonergic antidepressant drugs, the results of a trial suggest.

Depression is associated with a…

British health authorities tightened warnings on popular Prozac-type antidepressants on Monday, urging doctors to use them sparingly and consider non-drug interventions, such as counseling.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory…

Depression might be more harmful than the other chronic diseases that can strike elderly people, a new study claims.

Even though heart and lung disease can take their toll on…

When standard medication fails to improve depression symptoms, adding the dietary supplement SAMe may help, preliminary research suggests.

The study involved 30 patients with persistent depression despite treatment with selective serotonin…

Men and women who’ve ever dealt with unemployment may have a heightened risk of dying early, particularly from suicide and injuries, a Swedish study suggests.

Among more than 20,600 men…

Cold weather enthusiasts may eagerly await the snowy days of winter, but for those with seasonal affective disorder, the change from sunny to gloomy days often brings on a similar…

Bipolar disorder, a sometimes misdiagnosed mental illness characterized by wide emotional swings, may be identifiable by chemical abnormalities visible in victims’ brains, researchers said on Tuesday.

Detailed brain scans performed…

Depressed people 75 or older are just as likely to improve after an 8-week course with an inactive, placebo drug as with an antidepressant, new research indicates.

The study shows…

Doctors are prescribing more antidepressants for children and adolescents although there is little evidence about their safety or efficacy in youngsters, researchers said on Thursday.

Prescription rates for young patients under…

The British government must acknowledge that thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War are suffering serious illnesses as a direct result, a heavyweight inquiry concluded on Wednesday.…