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Divorce is often cited as one of life’s most traumatic events. In terms of the amount of grief and distress it brings with it, the severing of the connubial knot is right up there with the death of a loved one and financial ruin.

That fried chicken might be dragging you down, say researchers in Spain. They found that people who eat a lot of fast food and junk food are 37 percent more likely to develop depression than those who rarely order off the value menu.

What makes a good mother? Probably the very qualities that also make a good person: compassion, kindness, intelligence, loyalty and strength — a sense of humour surely helps, too.

When I think of working moms - I'm only Mom to a very active chihuahua and some very unambitious houseplants - I think of just how much stress must be involved. And then I think about being a stay-at-home mom, and I think about how much stress must be involved.

Researchers at Emory University have found a possible treatment for those with difficult-to-treat depression and it has to do with high levels of inflammation.

New research from McMaster University points to a happy-making gene found in the obese

Juno-award-winning musician Serena Ryder was flattened by depression...and the music stopped. Here's how she got back up and rediscovered her voice.

Make the most of extra time off. It's good for your health! Studies show regular globetrotters are less likely to suffer from...

Serena Ryder and CAMH work to educate people on the worst things someone who's depressed can hear.

Researchers look at the emotional effects of our food and the healthiest diet for psychological health.

We chat with the U of T professor who says everyone thinks they're depressed, but most are just sad.

Find out how sweetened drinks, refined grains and high-carb meals are setting your emotions on a roller coaster ride that's destined to crash.

The granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway tells us how coming from a family plagued by suicide encouraged her to get outside, and into nature, in order to cure her depression.

A new study finds that the simple act of giving can chemically change the brain of someone who's depressed.