There is a wide array of psychotherapies, mind-body practices, and medications avaiable to treat depression. So why are ...

ALICE D’ALESSIO On my desk, a hawk’s skull thin as parchment rests in its pottery cradle beside the ivory clenched talons; ...

Ben Kassoy turned to poetry during pandemic lockdown to cope with panic attacks. The creative outlet led to a stage show ...

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Is the trend toward greater sadness in the tone and content of popular music making emotional recovery more difficult?

Tom Stocks, local poet and educator, known as “the chubby northerner” on social media, said he made the notes during the ...

A powerful new book of poetry is offering comfort and strength to those facing adversity. Ellen Brown Harrison’s new book of ...

In Jan Donley’s class at Berklee, her students study literature that centers on loss. Loss can make us sad, but it can also help us heal, Donley writes. In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, ...

In her third column installment, Burtner draws on Sylvia Plath’s ‘sad girl poetry’ to understand the political madness of ...

I’d read a little about the low mood that can accompany weaning through one of the scant handful of parenting accounts I ...

Researchers have discovered a strong connection between perimenopause and depression, revealing more factors than you might expect. Perimenopause is the transition that females go through before ...

Magical and moving in equal measure, Carol Ann Duffy's Christmas poems never fail to warm the soul. Their stories span both countries and centuries, from the tale of the miraculous truce between the ...