Study lead Dr. Angharad de Cates told Newsweek: "Our findings offer promise for addressing cognitive problems in depression." ...

An existing constipation drug may have an unexpected new use: helping clear the "brain fog" that often lingers after ...

Despite decades of advances in mental health care, depression remains one of the world's most disabling conditions. Many ...

Sara Reardon is a freelance journalist based in Bozeman, Montana. The symptoms of depression might come and go, but new evidence suggests that the pattern of brain wiring behind it remains the same ...

Researchers found that every pregnancy rewires the brain in its own way, with a second pregnancy bringing a different pattern ...

Immune cells released from bone marrow in the skull in response to chronic stress and adversity could play a key role in symptoms of depression and anxiety, say researchers. The discovery—found in a ...

A recent study in Nature used precision functional mapping to understand better, at the brain level, the neurobiological mechanisms behind distinct depressive symptoms and mood changes over time.

A neurologist shared why emotional health is so important for reducing the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's.

The greatest therapeutic effects of psychedelics appear to occur long after the drug is gone. New research suggests they ...

Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. Depression has many faces.

Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...