Doctors also encourage spending time outdoors during daylight hours, getting regular exercise, eating well-balanced meals, ...

To fight the dark, the answer is to provide more light where it is missing. The standard treatment for SAD is bright-light therapy with a light box that delivers at least 10,000 lux of light.

Researchers say “sickness behavior” mimics mild depression as immune cytokines signal the brain to conserve energy, making people listless and withdrawn. Yet it differs from true depression and varies ...

World news also fosters anxiety. Laura Harriott, a Beacon High School social worker, said one student missed school after the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk. The student “was struggling with ...

Mavis Staples, the woman to whom a young Bob Dylan proposed marriage when they met at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival and ...

For Lacy Thomas, grief hit while she was still an expectant mother. Suddenly a single parent, she faced homelessness, ...

For millions of people, the shorter, darker days leading into winter also portend a darkening of their mood.

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that's related to the changes in seasons. Symptoms typically ...

The Great Depression wasn’t just a rough patch — it was an economic freefall that left millions struggling to survive. Sparked by the 1929 stock market crash and worsened by bank failures, job losses, ...

Depression is characterized by a persistent low mood that can affect quality of life. If symptoms usually only occur in the winter months, it may be seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or major ...

Depression and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) share similar symptoms, but depression can occur at any time of the year, while SAD follows a recurring seasonal pattern. For a SAD diagnosis, a person ...