Praying Away the Sadness: The Nuanced Link between Spirituality and Depression
Initial results from a study published by Cambridge University Press present extremely nuanced findings regarding the relationship between..
Hate Crimes and Depression
Dr. Prabhjot Singh, a Sikh-American man, was walking down a New York City street one morning in 2013, minding his own business. Suddenly, ..
Dying a Lovely Death: The Glamorization of Depression
Imagine this: You wake up every morning with an ache in your chest. You haven’t showered in three days, because you’re too mentally exhaus..
Depression in the LGBTQ Community
It’s easy to assume that now is a good time to be an LGBTQ individual in America. It has been more than a year since the Supreme Court’s r..
Postpartum Depression May Not Wait for the Delivery
At 6 and a half months pregnant, Mary Guest jumped to her death off the 16th floor of her parent’s apartment building.
Mary was a livel..
New Avenues for Treatment: Brain Imaging Study Identifies Different Types of Depression
Most of the estimated 16 million adults who live with depression find little relief with antidepressants. This is a problem that most rese..
Depression and Mental Healthcare in Trump’s America
Carol Wachs, a Manhattan psychologist, has recently started seeing an old patient again. The patient had previously come to her in distres..
Suffering in Silence
It has been known in the psychological community for years that not all cases of depression are the same. Each individual presents differe..
A Window into Depression
Depression, like many mental disorders, varies with each individual. In order to create an effective treatment plan, each person’s situati..
The DSM and Depression: Flawed Labeling Leads to Misdiagnoses and Increased Stigma
The DSM has long been hailed as psychiatry’s “bible”; clinicians across the country have used the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual as the..