Finding a sense of meaning in life is consistently linked to lower levels of depression across hundreds of independent ...

A new study suggests that depression diminishes a person’s sense of meaning in life by triggering feelings of loneliness and lowering their self-evaluation. The research identifies specific ...

Darkness can present itself as truth, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But love, joy and awe are far richer experiences ...

A bidirectional relationship exists between having a sense of meaning in life and behavioral health issues such as anxiety, depression and loneliness, a new study finds. This means that one can lead ...

A newspaper column about depression would not be uplifting, so why not write about puffy white clouds and golden daffodils, or colorful balloons nestled around a birthday cake festooned with ...

One of the major complaints about psychiatric diagnoses is that there are no lab tests or x-ray findings to confirm a diagnosis, so we rely entirely upon an interview with the patient and certain key ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers explored how structural and functional aspects of the brain, as seen through neuroimaging, differ between individuals with high exposure ...

Teens with depression have to navigate the challenges of living with a mood disorder, along with the usual academic and social pressures of high school. A depression diagnosis may be unsettling, but ...