What Causes Depression?

Depression is a complex and debilitating mental illness that affects millions of adults and adolescents in any given year. It is a mood disorder that can cause persistent sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest in life.
Can Chronic Pain Cause Depression?

The Connection Between Depression and Chronic Pain
What It’s Like to Have Your Severe Depression Treated With a Hallucinogenic Drug

Everyone’s depression is different, but Ted, a 40-year-old resident of Portland, Oregon, describes his as a “continuous dark veil — a foul, dark, awful perspective that informs every moment of your whole life.” He’d tried to treat it with antidepressants, therapy, visits to psychiatrists, “the whole nine,” but although the antidepressants kept him functional, they […]