Psychosis is a rainbow of experiences involving changes in how we perceive the world. The most common alterations within psychosis are unshared sensory phenomena, like voices and visions, and unusual ...

Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average 10 to 20 years earlier than the general population. The main causes of this are cardiovascular and ...

Researchers are testing whether drugs designed to quiet the immune system can lift severe depression that resists ...

A new brain-imaging study has revealed how ketamine produces its fast antidepressant effects in people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers tracked changes in a critical brain receptor ...

Researchers found that 8.3% of US adults had at least one major depressive episode. In adolescents, the rate was 20.1%, with 29.2% of female adolescents reporting a major depressive episode. Major ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Cold, cloudy weather can cause gloomy emotions. For some, seasonal sadness goes deeper than just being a feeling. Major depressive disorder with seasonal patterns, also known ...

Dr.: There are well-established therapies that can help those afflicted with SAD to get through the dark winter months ...