According to a small study of young adults with poor diets and moderate-to-high symptoms of depression - those who made healthier food choices reported less anxiety and much better moods within a matter of weeks.

Without good mental health, South Africa cannot be a successfully functioning nation.

If a new mother is experiencing deep sadness and having a hard time bonding with her baby, she should talk to her doctor about her feelings.

With an anxiety disorder, you could be anxious all the time and worry about everything, often for no good reason.

When Motheo Lengoasa was referred to a psychiatric hospital for depression, she refused to go, saying she was not crazy. But, she realises that was a misconception.

This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, the global community comes together to focus on suicide prevention.

Three weeks after the 2016 Brexit referendum, a middle-aged man was taken by paramedics to the hospital in an acute psychotic state - he had no history of mental illness in his family.

The drug Zoloft appears to have a much speedier effect on anxiety than depression, according to new research. The same may be true of other SSRIs.

Researchers have found that neither using more types of digital technology nor spending more time using it was associated with worse mental health in teenagers.

New research has identified major depressive disorder as the cause of at least 20 diseases – which will lead to better ways to detect and manage disease in those with depression.