Getting rejected hurts depressed people for longer, U-M/Stony Brook/UIC study finds – due to the lack of a natural pain and stress-reducing chemical.

A group of researchers studying the roots of depression has developed a test that leads them closer to the idea that depression may actually be an adaptation meant to help people cope with complex problems such as chronic illnesses or marriage breakups.

Job authority increases symptoms of depression among women, but decreases them among men, according to a new study from University of Texas at Austin sociologist Tetyana Pudrovska.

New Vanderbilt University research finds that unsolicited job leads can increase symptoms of depression in some people.

Some people take stress in stride; others are done in by it. New research at Rockefeller University has identified the molecular mechanisms of this so-called stress gap in mice with very similar genetic backgrounds — a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Researchers find a small molecule that predicts treatment response for depressed patients

Study suggests employees who work long hours with high job demands are more likely to develop depression