LGBTQ+ health Archive

Antidepressants can affect anxiety in unexpected ways, with timing, dosage, and personal factors shaping the search for the right treatment.

Regular jogging can support mood and brain health, but changing an antidepressant dose involves more than adding exercise to your routine.

Depression may be more common as people age, but new data suggest that the biggest threat to older adults’ mental health is their failure to recognize its symptoms and seriousness. Many chalk up depression as a normal part of aging, but addressing it as a real and treatable disease can help older adults seek the help they need and not needlessly suffer.

Denial is a natural response at times when you’re unable or unwilling to face the facts. As a defense mechanism, it can be helpful or harmful. Here's how to spot it in yourself and others, and how to move from denial toward meaningful change.

New panic attacks while taking an SSRI may prompt questions about dosage, switching medications, or adding another type of treatment.

When pleasure fades from everyday activities, anhedonia can affect mood, relationships and motivation. Discover why it happens and where support may help.

5-HTP is often promoted for mood support, but its effects, side effects, and place among depression treatments deserve careful consideration.

Caregiving can have physical and mental effects. Explore ways to cope and find support.

Mindfulness is the process of paying attention to one’s surroundings with an attitude of acceptance. Mindfulness practices can anchor people’s consciousness moment by moment, helping them to ease stress and anxiety and to sustain attention. Mindfulness practices can be done while sitting, walking, and eating.