New research presented today at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting in San Francisco evaluated how ...

A new study has found that a widely used depression screening questionnaire is accurate for people with and without chronic ...

Depression screening tools can objectively detect depression and track symptoms over time. The symptoms of depression vary from person to person, so in some cases, the disorder can be difficult to ...

Implementing the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) in a hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) clinic improved the ability of dermatologists to detect patients at risk for depression, results from a ...

Identifying and diagnosing depression is crucial for effective intervention and treatment. Researchers and experts have developed depression screening tools to enable early detection and assessment.

(Andrew Brookes/Getty Images) Depression is thought to affect nearly 6 percent of adults, but diagnosing it can be tricky: ...

A new study suggests depression may soon be detectable through a simple blood test—by tracking how certain immune cells age.

Imagine a routine blood draw at your annual physical that could warn you about depression before you ever feel it coming.