Every fall, approximately 10 million Americans experience the familiar descent into seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression tied to reduced daylight hours. The symptoms arrive with ...

Man in front of a light therapy box, which mimics the sun and treats people suffering from seasonal affective disorder. You don't need a clinical definition to know something's off when the mere ...

I have just returned to New England from a late summer trip to the high desert of Nevada. Days in the desert were long, sunny, hot, and dry. Now that I have arrived back in Connecticut, while the days ...

Depression may change which emotional faces children notice most, but the pattern appears to depend on family history. Children at higher familial risk became increasingly focused on sad faces, while ...

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience traumatic memories differently than other types of negative memories. A recent Nature Neuroscience study investigates the neural patterns ...