Depression

Hormone loss can affect female mood swings. Hormonal changes, particularly the decline in estrogen and progesterone levels, can have a significant impact on a woman’s mood and emotional well-being. Menopause…

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for men is a medical intervention for those suffering from hormone imbalance. HRT works by replacing hormones that are either naturally low or out of balance,…

While hormone levels naturally fluctuate over time and within different stages of life, significant changes in hormone levels can seriously affect one’s mental health. For example, low levels of a…

We’ve all heard of and experienced stress before. Some describe it as that feeling we get when we’re overwhelmed, anxious, or afraid. But, essentially, stress is that nonspecific response of…

If you’re feeling anxious, it may not be all in your head. Here’s how hormone imbalance can cause anxiety and what you can do about it.

Menopause can be a difficult time. Intrusive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, painful sex, and sleep problems can create physical discomfort and emotional distress. Meanwhile, the transition out of your fertile years can be a time of introspection and give rise to complex feelings about your sense of self and your place in the world. For some, it is also a time when the symptoms of depression emerge, either for the first time or more severely than in the past.

Mood swings are some of the least-understood aspects of menopause—and the most misrepresented. While pop culture representations of menopause tend to center specifically on mood, they typically treat menopausal women as a caricature of irrationality and hysteria rather than capturing the variability and complexity of menopause-related mood disturbances. Not only does this trivialize the very real suffering many women experience during this pivotal phase of life, but it may also leave you feeling ashamed and immobilized.

Most people know that testosterone is a critical part of physical wellbeing. However, a growing body of research suggests that this multifaceted hormone can also play a role in mental health in men. For example, a 2016 study on older men found that “low serum testosterone was associated with an 86% increased hazard of depression.”

Although many people experience different types of mental illness, one of the most serious mental health disorders is depression, which affects nearly one in ten US adults, with the rate…

Although anxiety hits everyone now and then, most people are able to deal with its effects and effectively move through those moments when anxiety strikes. But not everyone is that…