We asked our viewers and followers on social media if the continuous rainy days in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia have impacted their mood.

A continuous feeling of sadness could be just a dark mood, or it could be Persistent Depressive Disorder that lasts for a long period of time. Ivanhoe explains the symptoms and treatment options.

Research continues to show how ultra-processed foods, like frozen meals and packaged snacks, can be harmful to your health. And now another study has discovered a possible link to depression.

News4JAX has compiled a list for anyone who may be struggling with their mental health or who may be facing hardships they no longer know how to control.

Depression doesn’t only prevent someone from showing up to work, but it can also affect their performance at work.

“Girl from the North Country,” the Depression-era drama set to the songs of Bob Dylan, will reopen on Broadway this spring, a little more than three months after going on hiatus because of coronavirus concerns.

But your gut instinct may be the key to diagnosing and treating depression. Stevens found those living with depression have different gut bacteria than those with a healthy mental status. When a person has too much of the bad gut bacteria that can cause whole-body inflammation, including brain inflammation, that can be linked to depression. But the gut bacteria can also lead to a treatment for depression. In fact, people with high blood pressure and depression have completely different gut bacteria than people with only depression or only high blood pressure.

MIAMI – Tropical Storm Epsilon strengthened into a hurricane, the 10th of the Atlantic season. At 5 a.m. the center of Hurricane Epsilon was located near latitude 30.6 North, longitude 60.9 West. On the forecast track, the center of Epsilon is forecast to make its closest approach to, but well to the east of, Bermuda later this evening. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 310 miles. TRACK THE TROPICS: Interactive mapThis year’s hurricane season has had so many storms that the Hurricane Center has turned to the Greek alphabet for storm names after running out of official names.