Exercise may be as effective as medication or therapy for people with mild to moderate symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Living with prostate cancer can be very stressful. It can affect a person’s body, life plans, relationships, and emotions. Many people don’t realize that people with prostate cancer are at risk for ...

Working out can boost mental health. To reap the most benefits, it should be structured, supervised and contain a social component.

Depression is a complex and deeply personal experience. While almost everyone has periods of sadness, low mood or grief, depression is different. Major depressive disorder is persistent, interferes ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher ...

Everyone has felt anxiety. But what exactly is it, and when is it something to, well, be anxious about? Anxiety is a feeling of dread, fear and uneasiness, according to the National Library of ...

A recent study found that higher levels of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness may increase emotional resilience ...

What is anxiety? And how can good therapy hope to address it? In a previous post I wrote about how I saw depression as a defense against the emotional truth of one’s life. I see anxiety in much the ...

A recent global review published by the BMJ Group suggests that exercise, particularly aerobic activity like running, swimming and dancing, can rival medication and therapy in treating depression and ...