Pages related to depression

The "black dog": living with clinical depression

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 10 adults lives with clinical depression. Depression sufferer Winston Churchill oft referred to his “black dog” that would visit him. In this important video from the World Health Organization, find out more about depression and how you can help yourself or others to keep that black dog at bay.  

Child Trends

New brief from Child Trends

Preventing or Reducing Socio-emotional Problems in Adolescents
February 07, 2012

Adolescence is often characterized as a tumultuous time in youth development, marked by occasional mood swings and intense emotions.

NIH-funded study

Researchers develop mouse with 'off switch' in key brain cell population

NIH-funded study may increase understanding of SIDS, depressive disorders
August 09, 2011

NIH-funded scientists have developed a strain of mice with a built-in off switch that can selectively shut down the animals' serotonin-producing cells, which make up a brain network controlling breathing, temperature regulation, and mood.