This week, Mad in America examines research around increased suicide risk in children and adolescents related to bullying in ...

In utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) has been tied to reduced brain volume in children, results of a large population-based study show. However, the investigators, led ...

Switching from an SSRI to an SNRI typically involves gradually tapering off the SSRI under a doctor’s guidance and starting the SNRI at a low dose. Switching from a selective serotonin reuptake ...

In the first directive since his nomination to secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.

There is growing evidence that adherence to the recommended duration of antidepressant therapy results in reduced medical costs compared with nonadherence, and that the likelihood of adhering to ...

The world of depression treatment options is vast, varied and confusing at times. So many antidepressant medications, so many types of therapy, so many acronyms and so much information. In all the ...

AMSTERDAM — A noninvasive EEG-based test may help predict the risk of sexual dysfunction for patients considering treatment with antidepressants, a new study showed. The Loudness Dependence of ...

This post is a continuation of "The SSRI Experience," written to demystify the experience of being on an SSRI—a medication that helps with depression as well as anxiety. Many people have hesitation ...

With more than 13.2 percent of the adult U.S. population monthly filling prescriptions for SSRI antidepressants, a figure involving at least 45 million Americans, it is disconcerting to find multiple ...

A new commission will investigate the prevalence of SSRI antidepressants as adverse event reports document hundreds of cases of homicidal ideation and homicide. A newly released analysis of FDA ...