In 2019 I wrote about research suggesting anti-inflammatory medications might help some people with major depression. At the time, the idea that depression could have roots in the immune system felt ...

Immune cells released from bone marrow in the skull in response to chronic stress and adversity could play a key role in symptoms of depression and anxiety, say researchers. Subscribe to our ...

People diagnosed with autoimmune diseases experience mood and anxiety disorders at nearly double the rate of the general population. Data from more than 1.5 million adults in the United Kingdom ...

Karin de Punder, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, has conducted research on how chronic stress accelerates the aging of the immune system and its ...

In the early phases of depression and psychosis, patients often show altered inflammatory markers in the blood and structural changes in the grey matter of the brain. This was demonstrated in the ...

Music therapy can be used alongside medication and psychotherapy to help improve depression symptoms. Learn why it helps and how to get started.