Antidepressants can be an effective treatment for depression in many cases. Here's how to know if they might work for you.
In the first directive since his nomination to secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust ...
In 2023, an estimated 11.4% of adult Americans took antidepressants. Here's how the class of medication can help depression ...
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) were introduced in 1987 with the release of Prozac, and since then have become the most common type of antidepressant used by Americans. According to ...
In the 1980s, people generally thought of depression as a meaningful response to a crisis. A job loss. A divorce. Struggling to fit in at school. The angst of realizing life didn’t turn out as you’d ...
Early research suggests a brain test may predict whether antidepressants will cause sexual dysfunction. There has never been ...
In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects. Most of us have ...