New hope for earlier treatment might be on the horizon for people suffering the most severe form of depression. In a study of patients watching emotionally evocative movies, the responses of people ...

Different types of depression affect the body in different ways. Atypical, energy-related depression raises the risk of diabetes, while melancholic depression increases the likelihood of heart disease ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kirsten Dunst steps out of her comfort zone and deep into a paralyzing depression in her latest film "Melancholia." Better known for light fare like "Spider-Man" and romantic ...

But if you find that you can’t cry, that you can’t feel anything, what then? The inability to feel anything, neither sadness nor anything else, is one of the danger signs in melancholic depression.