Depression
Expert advice and research trends on depression, including symptoms and diagnosis, getting the right care, and strategies for loved ones on how to help. Patient experts inspire with their testimonials of managing depression.
What Do You Do If a Loved One Is Depressed?
What do you say? What don’t you say? Reaching out to a loved one with depression takes thought and deliberation. Here is a helpful guide.
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What Is DMDD?
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder is often misdiagnosed as bipolar, ADHD, or another mood disorder. Find out what to look for and what to do if your child has DMDD.
Tips for Working From Home With Depression
One of the most common symptoms of depression? Fatigue and lack of motivation. Couple this with a remote work position, and it can be a recipe for disaster. Here’s how to get through it.
It's Ok to Cry: How to Adjust to SPMS
Learning you have secondary progressive multiple sclerosis can take a serious emotional toll. We asked a psychologist to share his best advice for how to get through.
On Processing Life's Difficult Emotions: Breaking Free From Anger, Grief, and Fear
Anger, grief, and fear are some of life's difficult emotions. The secret to freeing yourself from their hold? Recognizing them and taking ownership of them, says mental health advocate Mike Veny.
How to Break Up With Your Therapist
Breaking up is hard to do. Especially with a therapist. Lara DeSanto offers cogent advice supported by interviews with two mental health experts.
Suicide: What We Can Do Together to Save Lives
Suicide is a social problem that requires a community response. A woman whose life was saved by the intervention of others urges society to action.
5 Mental Health Books That Have Shaped My Recovery
Take it from Dr. Seuss, "The more you read, the more things you will know." That's especially true about mental health. Here are five books to start with.
6 Ways to Become a Mental Health Advocate
Becoming a voice for others can be a powerful healing strategy in recovery from depression or another mood disorder. Here are six ways to do just that.
3 Supplements That Help Mental Health
The largest review of studies so far has found solid proof that some supplements can give traditional treatments a boost.
Minding Your Skin
The connection between psoriasis and depression is clear. Finding the right treatment can help you heal inside and out.
Meet the Experts
Therese Borchard
Contributing EditorTherese Borchard is Contributing Editor at Health Central, where she covers Mental Health & Wellness among other topics. She has written for a variety of websites, is the author of several books, and is a passionate mental health advocate.
Mike Veny
Patient ExpertMike Veny is one of world’s leading mental health speakers and a high-energy corporate drumming event facilitator.
Isaiah B. Pickens, Ph.D.
Health ProfessionalDr. Isaiah uses the science of psychology to help you become a better version of your most authentic self by making mental wellness education fun.