Amit Verma (name changed on request) walked into a psychologist’s clinic convinced he was depressed. It had been months since his mother fell ill, months since a relationship ended without drama but ...

Feeling sad from time to time is normal. We can feel sad for various reasons, such as learning our favorite coworker is leaving for another job, fighting with a loved one, or not achieving a personal ...

Given how we use the words “sadness” and “depression” in everyday life and in pop culture, it can be hard to differentiate one from the other. Even though they might seem similar, they’re not. Experts ...

I often hear my clients say, "I don't want to discuss this subject—I don't want to be sad and get depressed." Depression is indeed accompanied by sadness, so connecting depression with sadness is ...

Getting old involves loss—loss of friends; loss of spouse; loss of siblings; loss of status; loss of hair; loss of physical mobility; loss of memory; loss of hearing; loss of eyesight; and sometimes ...

Depression is often associated with persistent sadness, but the condition can manifest in other ways. Difficulty concentrating and changes in appetite, for example, can stem from depression regardless ...

Living Local 15 host Jessica Williams is joined by Sean Goddard, a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Owner of Viking Psychiatry, to discuss the differences between depression and sadness. Viking ...

Psychiatrists explain the key neurobiological differences between major depressive disorder and situational sadness, ...

We are midway through the month of November, and the annual fall and winter reality of living in western Washington is setting in. The days are getting shorter and the nights, longer. Add in a series ...

Teenagers in the United States are in crisis. That news got hammered home earlier this year following the release of a nationally representative survey showing that over half of high school girls ...