Research has found that interacting and petting animals increases serotonin levels in humans. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is sometimes depleted during depression. Many antidepressants work to increase ... Read More

It appears that the new sleep medication Lunesta (eszoplicone) is effective in treating insomnia in patients who also take Prozac for depression. Find out more from Florence Cardinal's article

Check out the best mental health web logs together on this page. View the best content from About.com's Guides and others who write about mental health. Live Feeds from Mental ... Read More

A new Australian study has found that dysfunctional family relationships and poor communication styles appear to have little effect on whether very young children become depressed. The authors found ... Read More

Eli Lilly announced late last week that it will settle most of the liability clams stemming from its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa. The company will establish a fund ... Read More

A large U.S. survey, the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, has found that mental disorders are relatively common, but usually mild. The researchers found that anxiety disorders will be ... Read More

Researchers have found that early, intense romantic love "may have more to do with motivation, reward and "drive" aspects of human behavior than with the emotions or sex drive". This ... Read More

The blog PsychNotes recently featured NeuroScience Canada's program in brain repair. According to official site, brain repair is "a new field of interdisciplinary, collaborative research aimed at exploring the ... Read More

The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York has proposed a sweeping bill that would transform the state's mental-health, aging and health-care systems. It calls for public education, structural changes ... Read More

People with depression often suffer from chronic physical pain; and chronic pain sufferers are often depressed. A recent study found that both conditions should be treated independently from each other ... Read More