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At Stanford, a treatment that aims magnetic pulses at the brain is showing results for people with treatment-resistant depression. It’s called SAINT, and here’s how it works.

If you have depression, you probably know that exercise can do a lot of good for your symptoms. Plenty of research shows that exercise can boost mood and ease depression. But many find that their ...

There are many reasons to be a giving, charitable person. Giving to others helps us cement relationships, elicit gratitude, and connect communities. It can also make us feel happier and healthier, ...

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Karlee Lipton of Conway, Arkansas, was surprised by the way postpartum depression hit her when she had her baby in the summer of 2024. Lipton had already seen a therapist and a psychiatrist to help ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. Depression can be debilitating. Some depressed people lose ...

From getting out of bed to completing work tasks, it’s difficult to do anything when bipolar depression takes over. Here’s how to change that. There’s no question that it’s difficult to get things ...

Depression can hit at any age, and you’re just as likely to get it in your later years as you are when you’re younger. In fact, the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) says depression is the most common ...