Tangled up in blue

There's a reason for winter depression, but it's not genetic, says Oliver James.

Dear doctor

The effects of ecstasy, postnatal depression and bowel movements.

‘Four people dead is four too many’

Don Schell was taking a Prozac-type antidepressant when he killed his wife, daughter and granddaughter, then turned the gun on himself. His son-in-law sued the drugs company - and won £5m. Sarah Boseley meets him.

Down but never out

Poetic, vital, witty - who'd have thought depression could make such an uplifting read? Andrew Solomon anatomises his breakdowns in The Noonday Demon

Depression hits one in four adults

Martin is 20 but he claims he already knows what will kill him. The science student is one of those touched by the fastest growing epidemic in the UK - depression. And it is depression, he says, that will claim his life. Tracy McVeigh reports

Nature’s own Prozac

Many doctors are sceptical of herbal remedies. But a new study shows St John's wort to be as effective in cases of mild depression as conventional drugs, but with fewer side effects. Luisa Dillner reports.