"Based on the bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and memory, these findings suggest that individuals presenting with depressive symptoms should be assessed for potential memory ...

Depression, sometimes called major depressive disorder, can hurt your ability to think through even simple daily tasks. Doctors call this decline in thinking skills "cognitive impairment." Cognitive ...

A consensus has emerged in recent years that psychotherapies—in particular, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—rate comparably to medications such as Prozac and Lexapro as treatments for depression.

Depression requires active treatment, because the disorder itself can have enduring effects on brain function that make future episodes more likely. Apart from the intensity of emotional pain and ...

Emotional processing, motivational processing, and cognitive processing each require interactions within and among specific brain networks. Common psychiatric illnesses involve varying degrees of ...

Cognitive distortions are biased thoughts that create negative patterns in the way a person thinks. They can be a symptom of depression and anxiety. Changing these habitual thoughts can help improve a ...

CAT looks at the way your past has affected your current actions and helps you create a new way forward. Over 20% of adults in the United States live with a mental health condition ― and roughly 47% ...

Mental capabilities vary greatly between people as they age, but risk factors linked to cognitive decline explain very little of these differences, researchers say. In a new study, investigators from ...

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child ...