Why is there a stigma associated with mental illness?

People have long been afraid of how mental illness changes personalities. Harvey Fineberg, MD, discusses this stigma and how it can change.

If you have ever been treated in a negative way because you have depression, you have experienced stigma.

For years, schizophrenia was perceived as an incurable mental disorder that left its sufferers with little hope for a good life.

Seasonal affective disorder can occur in the spring and summer as well as the fall and winter.

Put these practices into place and you could lower your risk of cardiovascular disease.

Learn what increases the odds that you or a loved one will experience major depressive disorder.