Major depressive disorder, commonly referred to as depression, is a debilitating psychiatric disorder estimated to affect ...

For decades, depression has been tied to the thinking brain and the networks that govern mood and memory. A major new study significantly complicates that story.

For decades, treating major depression has involved a frustrating cycle of trial and error, with patients cycling through medications and therapies while clinicians rely on symptoms and intuition more ...

Researchers from the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of ...

Neuroscientists led by a team from the University of Southern California analyzed high-resolution MRI scans from more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 50 and 90. Around a third of them ...

Depression may be connected with subtle differences in a part of the brain that helps people form and retrieve memories, ...

A new study links depression in older adults to volume loss in the CA23DG hippocampal subfield, independent of Alzheimer's ...

One day, doctors may have a new tool to advise patients on how to fight depression: a brain scan. Research now suggests that certain patterns of brain activity provide clues to whether medication or ...

Depression and suicidal thoughts are usually identified through conversations, questionnaires and a clinician’s judgment. These methods are essential, but researchers at the University of Southern ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying people with depression say brain scans could be used to predict who is most likely to relapse, an approach that could help doctors make better decisions about ...

Depression is among the most widespread psychiatric disorders, experienced by an estimated 3.8% of the global population. It is characterized by persistent low mood and a loss of interest in most ...