January begins with so much promise. Although the holidays have come and gone, there's endless messaging of "new year, new me" as we make resolutions to be healthier and happier versions of ourselves.

Mondays can be tough – but Blue Monday apparently switches it up a notch. The third Monday of January is supposedly the ‘most depressing day of the year’, often referred to as Blue Monday. However, it ...

“This has no clinical basis whatsoever,” Christine Crawford, MD, MPH, associate medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness tells TODAY.com in a phone interview. In fact, the idea of ...

January 20, 2025, is being called “Blue Monday.” Not because it’s also National Cheese Lover’s Day, which may result in increased consumption of blue cheese. And not because it happens to be the day ...

Is Blue Monday real? Where did the concept originate? Image credit: Olga K./Stocksy Each year, usually on the third Monday in January, the internet goes abuzz with warnings about the dreaded “Blue ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alyssa Jaffer is a journalist covering careers, health and lifestyle. As well as Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ...

But what is Blue Monday and is it based on real data or science? “This has no clinical basis whatsoever,” Christine Crawford, MD, MPH, associate medical director of the National Alliance on Mental ...