Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet many individuals remain unaware of the complex web of risk factors that can increase their vulnerability to this serious mental health condition.

Depression affects a large proportion of the global population, but there are ways to mitigate the risk of this mental health condition. Recent evidence builds on the role that elements of diet, ...

Nursing home workers should consider depression as a risk factor for resident falls, authors of a new study say. Depression is already reported as an independent risk factor for falls. In fact, it can ...

Researchers say they have identified new genetic risk factors for depression across all major global populations for the first time, thus allowing scientists to predict the risk of depression ...

(CNN) — More than 55 million people worldwide have dementia, a number expected to nearly triple by 2050. Deaths from strokes may double by the same year, and 10% to 20% of adults experience depression ...

The combination of preoperative opioid use and depression increased postsurgical risk for chronic postsurgical pain and persistent opioid use.

Anxiety and depression are significantly more common in individuals with atopic dermatitis, affecting nearly a quarter of patients. Key risk factors for anxiety include lower education, frequent ...

Question: An article I read in a popular magazine compared risk factors for depression to those for other diseases. I understand how smoking causes lung cancer, but not how losing my job means I was ...

Adult acne is affected by sedentary behavior, exercise, and sleep, with depression and anxiety having a significant effect on this relationship.

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in the United States, affecting an estimated 47 million adults ...

New genetic risk factors for depression have been identified across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict risk of depression regardless of ethnicity. The ...