Two studies explore some of the developmental roots of depression in childhood and adolescence. In the first study, published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, researchers focused on ...

Depression and insomnia can create a vicious cycle, and it's important to treat both conditions. Here's how to do it.

Ruminating about being lonely, as opposed to being lonely, is linked to depression, found a new study. The findings were published in Nature Mental Health and have implications for treating depression ...

Change can be difficult to deal with, and the bigger the change, the more difficult the struggle to adapt to that change can be. When we look back on what happened in the past, we often engage in what ...

We don’t think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying a group of college students found that ...

In my previous blog I discussed how depressive rumination is characterised by repeated dwelling on problems, difficulties, and symptoms in an abstract processing style, characterised by asking “Why?” ...

Loneliness is more likely to cause depression if one keeps ruminating on how lonely they are. This is the essence of a study by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) that has therapeutic implications for ...

A Life’s Second Half Like a Boxing Match In boxing, fighters barely flinch at strong punches in the early rounds. But as time ...