TAKING a common arthritis drug could be more effective than antidepressants in helping to cure depression, a study suggests.

Immunotherapy could be a promising new treatment option for patients with difficult-to-treat depression. This is a key ...

The anti-inflammatory drug tocilizumab targets the IL-6 pathway to achieve a 54% remission rate in hard-to-treat depression.

Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern believe it may be possible to diagnose depression using a blood test. According to Eva Redei, a professor of psychiatry at the university ...

A new study suggests depression may soon be detectable through a simple blood test—by tracking how certain immune cells age. Researchers found that accelerated aging in monocytes, a type of white ...

Blood tests that measure how certain immune cells age may help detect signs of depression linked to mood and thinking problems in people with and without HIV, improving early diagnosis and treatment.

Like many first-time mothers, Lisette Lopez-Rose thought childbirth would usher in a time of joy. Instead, she had panic attacks as she imagined that something bad was going to happen to her baby, and ...

Like many first-time mothers, Lisette Lopez-Rose thought childbirth would usher in a time of joy. Instead, she had panic attacks as she imagined that something bad was going to happen to her baby, and ...

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Dionysus Digital Health received a $6 billion grant from the Department of Defense. It received $6 million. Postpartum depression ...

New postpartum depression findings could lead to a blood test to identify women at risk and possibly even to a preventive treatment. New postpartum depression research from the University of Virginia ...