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Business Kate Sheridan

STAT Plus: Prescription apps are gaining ground — and drug makers’ backing — as digital therapeutics

Health Rebecca Robbins

Does hormonal birth control put women at risk for depression?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

‘The fallout has been all around me’: How becoming a doctor has taken a mental toll

First Opinion Jane Gross

5 lessons from my decades of struggle with depression and anxiety

In the Lab Associated Press

23andMe data points to genes affecting depression risk

Biotech Meghana Keshavan

How tinkering with a mellow messenger in the brain could yield new drugs

First Opinion Joan M. Anzia

It’s time to recognize and prevent the tragedy of physician suicide

Health Judith Graham

Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus

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First Opinion Kate G. Farber and Charles H. Kellner

Don’t call electroconvulsive therapy ‘shock therapy’

Health Andrew Joseph

Magic mushroom ingredient offers hope for treating depression

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Health Leah Samuel

STAT Plus: Hospitals scramble to offer mental health care for depressed physicians

Quick Take Megan Thielking

Nutritional supplements boost mood in patients taking antidepressants

Quick Take Leah Samuel

Suicide rates are rising steeply, especially among middle-aged whites

Health Joseph P. Kahn — Boston Globe

Tracking the risks and rewards of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Health Judith Graham

Psychiatric shock therapy, long controversial, may face fresh restrictions

Quick Take Eric Boodman

The science of heartbreak: A loved one’s death boosts risk of cardiac arrhythmia

Business Rebecca Robbins

FDA rejects bid to market antidepressant to treat foggy thinking

First Opinion Patrick Skerrett

Depression screening for adults and adolescents has benefits, but don’t ignore the downsides

Business Rebecca Robbins

This antidepressant may be no better than cheaper alternatives. But demand could soon soar

Business Asher Mullard

Could a drug that tamps down inflammation lift the fog of depression?

In the Lab Megan Thielking

Scientists seek fast-acting antidepressant, from ketamine to laughing gas

Lab Chat Megan Thielking

Lab Chat: Tailoring depression treatment using a blood test

Gut Check Sharon Begley

Christmas suicide surge is a myth, but what about the January rebound?

Gut Check Sharon Begley

Do antidepressants during pregnancy increase baby’s autism risk?

First Opinion Frances Southwick

‘A painful facade’: My battle with depression as a medical resident