Smartphone apps designed for those with depression can significantly reduce users’ symptoms, according to the results of a recently published meta-analysis. While the findings are limited to those ...

From mood trackers to guided cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and peer support, depression apps are crowding the digital marketplace. As more patients turn to this technology to ease their symptoms, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rejoyn app for major depression is designed to improve brain functioning. People in treatment for major depression now have ...

Rising suicide rates and depression in U.S. teens and young adults have prompted researchers to ask a provocative question: Could the same devices that some people blame for contributing to tech-age ...

The research lays out a clearer path for identifying depression apps that are safe, effective, and worth recommending. Study: Validation and selection of criteria for evaluating apps for managing ...

Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer has launched a new consumer-facing app aimed at helping to motivate adults with depression. The app, called Moodivator, will be available for free on the iOS app ...

A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app has been found to significantly prevent increases in depression in young people who are at high risk - and could be implemented as a cost-effective public ...

Until recently, clinical depression treatments have fallen into just two categories: psychotherapy and antidepressant medications. But this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the ...

A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app has been found to significantly prevent increases in depression in young people who are at high risk -- and could be implemented as a cost effective public ...

This post is authored by Aparna Ramakrishnan and Pooja Kumaravel of the BIDMC Division of Digital Psychiatry. Depression is a leading cause of disability globally, affecting more than 264 million ...

People in treatment for major depression now have another recovery option to try. Rejoyn, the first-ever app cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to help treat depression, officially launched ...

Rising suicide rates and depression in U.S. teens and young adults have prompted researchers to ask a provocative question: Could the same devices that some people blame for contributing to tech-age ...