A growing number of therapists are recommending something surprising for depressed and anxious patients: Read a book. [...]

A unique study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables. [...]

People suffering from depression will be able to have better access to counselling and talking therapies under a major new programme announced today by Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt. [...]

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital have found that practicing yoga may elevate brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels, the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter. The findings, which appear in the May issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, suggest that the practice of yoga be explored as a possible treatment for depression and anxiety, disorders associated with low GABA levels. [...]

Computer-based therapy should be available to all patients in England from April, says the government. [...]

Depression during pregnancy may be almost as common as post-natal 'baby blues', new research suggests. Typically up to one in seven new mothers experience depression after the birth of their child. [...]

Treatment with omega-3 fatty acids, the type found in fish oils, appears to benefit children suffering from clinical depression. [...]

If you are already at high risk for getting type 2 diabetes, antidepressant drugs can boost that risk, according to new research. [...]

In June 2001, a jury in Wyoming determined that the antidepressant drug Paxil caused a man to kill his wife, daughter and granddaughter before killing himself. [...]