Yet depression is often talked about as a disorder that causes low mood and other symptoms. Researchers describe this as a form of circular reasoning, which means that psychiatric diagnoses are ...

Psychiatrists think inflammation may be at the root of some people’s illness. How to treat it is an open question.

Pam Belluck has covered maternal mental health for a decade. Women who experience depression during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth have a greater risk of suicide and attempted suicide — ...