Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, could alleviate depression for at least five years after ...

Depression in adolescents is often undetected and untreated in Canada, with clinicians lacking confidence in their ability to care for depressed teenagers. Depression becomes more common as ...

There is frequently a misunderstanding about seasonal depression among some physicians and the general public, says Levitt, one of five researchers across Canada involved in the CAN-SAD study.

- Youth depression and emotional distress have reached alarming new highs across Canada and the USA, driven by social media burnout, academic pressure, and an unaffordable mental health system.

Many statistics describe the prevalence of depression in women and girls in Canada, but little research is available to explain the biological factors behind it.

Anyone in Canada seeking assisted death must be deemed by the physicians or nurse practitioners who assess them as not impulsive and not suicidal, and those who are mentally ill would need to be ...