If you've ever asked yourself why you feel so sad all the time, you might wonder if it's possible that you're depressed. Is it really possible to be depressed and not know it? If you're feeling sad ...

While we tend to associate seasonal affective disorder (SAD) with winter, summer SAD — also known as reverse SAD — is a real ...

Sadness is different from depression, but it can be hard to tell them apart when you are in the middle of a very sad time in your life. What a lot of people forget is that sadness, even deep sadness ...

I often hear my clients say, "I don't want to discuss this subject—I don't want to be sad and get depressed." Depression is indeed accompanied by sadness, so connecting depression with sadness is ...

Many people use “depression” as shorthand for feeling low, while others dismiss depression as “just sadness”. Here, we explain the difference using clinicians’ cues: Trigger, duration, functioning, ...

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A right ray of sunshine? Meh. While most people find warm, sunny weather a welcome relief after brutal arctic winters with ...

For many of us, this time of year may bring the winter blues. Shorter, darker days and cold nights can make many people feel depressed in the winter. People who experience winter depression are often ...

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University’s Vagelos College of ...

It’s that time of year again. The leaves are starting to change colors, the sun is setting earlier, and we’re layering up. Although this season comes with much cheer, for many, the end of year slump ...

’Tis the season for recognizing seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Just don’t expect to find SAD in diagnostic handbooks. As a memorable term, SAD “stuck in the general public, and to some extent ...

Summer: full of sunshine and laughter. For some, at least. But for those who struggle with seasonal affective disorder, summer can be a time of irritability, anger and depression. “You can see ...