Depression may affect more than your brain and behavior — it may also affect your physical health. Depression may raise the risk of a life-threatening condition in older adults.

A bit of stress here and there in our lives can give us a motivational boost. But when that stress is constant, it can have a serious impact on our health and may even lead to some life-threatening situations.

Symptoms of depression have been tied to heart problems in past studies. Is it possible that one condition causes the other?

Maintaining good mental health has been shown to protect cardiovascular health. For middle-aged women, controlling depression may play a key role in preventing stroke.

Antidepressants can be very helpful for people with depression. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ( SSRIs ), a type of antidepressant, may help people recover from a stroke.

Recovering from stroke can be hard. New research suggests that mental health may affect recovery from a stroke.

Taking any medication requires patients to balance the risks and benefits of the drug. But these vary by person because every person is unique. Antidepressants, for example, affect different people in different ways.

Depression is common after a stroke, but a new study suggests that doctors are assessing few stroke patients, potentially offering too much treatment to some patients and too little to others who may need anti-depressants.

Depression is a common symptom among people who have strokes. Understanding their condition and what to expect might help with this depression.

Taking care of a stroke patient can be a difficult and time-consuming task. Stroke patient caregivers need all the support they can get.