Researchers recruited 117 menopausal women with insomnia for the study and randomly assigned them to three groups.
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Dr Sizwe Mabizela, vice-chancellor of Rhodes University about depression in the workplace in South Africa.
Professor Gordon Parker looks at what we do - and don’t - know about depression.
When a risk factor is uncommon among peers, like widowhood or poor health in youth, it can have an outsized effect on depression risk.
According to the World Health Organisation, depression and anxiety cost the global economy $1 trillion as sufferers drop out of the workforce.
This month, the OECD and the LSE are holding a conference on subjective wellbeing that they hope will usher in another revolution.
Pharma Dynamics says the use of anti-depressants increased by more than 50 percent in the last 5 years.
Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness, affecting over 350 million people.
Researchers analysed data from previously published studies involving more than 125,000 participants.
World Mental Health Day is commemorated on Friday.
The SA Depression and Anxiety Group says at least 23 people take their own lives each day.
