As Twitter user Danny Boy notes: “What I found particularly impressive is they showed Connell continuing to function with depression. Hollywood tropes often reduce it to just staying in bed 24/7.

Depression makes deep inroads on biology to bring about the many symptoms of depression, from sleep disruption and an inability to experience pleasure to lack of motivation and feelings of guilt.

The effects of depression may extend beyond a person’s emotions and mental health. Depression can also affect a person’s physical health. If you’re calling on behalf of someone else ...

There is no single known cause of depression. Rather, it likely results from a combination of genetic, biologic, environmental, and psychological factors. Major negative experiences—trauma, loss ...

Depression rates are rising and researchers and clinicians now say that depression often begins in childhood. Kathleen P. Hockey is a licensed social worker who has also suffered from depression.