Oncology & Cancer

Mental health screenings urged for men with prostate cancer

Mental health screenings must be incorporated into routine prostate cancer diagnoses say University of South Australia researchers. The call follows new research in Psycho-Oncology that shows men need more support both during ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Nearly 1 in 3 US adolescents are getting mental health treatment

In findings that suggest more young Americans struggling with mental health issues are getting the help they need, a new poll shows that nearly a third of American adolescents and teens received some sort of mental health ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study finds gaps in mental health care for people with chronic pain

A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found that adults with chronic pain are more likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression than people without chronic pain, yet they access mental health care at ...

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Depression (mood)

In the fields of psychology and psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to sadness and other related emotions and behaviors. It can be thought of as either a disease or a syndrome.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that a depressed mood is often reported as feeling sad, helpless, and hopeless. In traditional colloquy, "depressed" is often synonymous with "sad," but both clinical depression and non-clinical depression can also refer to a conglomeration of more than one feeling.

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