Suicide rates in the US are at a 80-year high. An expert on college student mental health explains risk factors and the role of inequality.

Electroconvulsive therapy often evokes inaccurate images of seizing bodies and smoking ears. Better understanding of how it reduces depression symptoms can illuminate new ways to treat mental illness.

Mild anxious or depression symptoms in dads is tied to fewer behavior problems in their kids' first years of school, a study finds.

A meta-analysis finds the established stress generation model applies to depression and other mental health disorders.

The analysis shows that ketamine may start relieving symptoms of PTSD within one day, but it is still unclear how long the effects last and how many injections are needed to maintain benefits.

A new study links long-term maternal exposure to common air pollutants, both before and after childbirth, to increased risk of postpartum depression.

Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the

In a randomized controlled clinical trial, heated yoga sessions led to reduced depressive symptoms in adults with moderate-to-severe depression.

Up to 50% of US teens feel they are addicted to their devices. But help is out there.