Antidepressants can be an effective treatment for depression in many cases. Here's how to know if they might work for you.

In 2023, an estimated 11.4% of adult Americans took antidepressants. Here's how the class of medication can help depression symptoms.

More people in the United States are on antidepressants, as a percentage of the population, than any other country in the world. And yet the drugs’ efficacy has been hotly debated. Some believe that ...

SSRI antidepressants normally take a few weeks before any showing mental health benefits, but how come it takes so long? Now a study from a group of clinicians and scientists provides the first human ...

Even though depression is one of the most common conditions in the world, and we know many of the things that increase the chances of getting it (e.g., early life stress, being female, serious medical ...

A popular antidepressant, often known by the brand name Cymbalta, was recalled last week due to the presence of a potentially cancer-causing chemical. More than 233,000 bottles of duloxetine capsules ...

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.

Ketamine, an FDA approved anesthetic agent, is being used off-label to treat a variety of mental health issues. While there is the most research for treatment refractory depression (including bipolar ...

Imagine your brain is Instagram. Then serotonin—a neurotransmitter that governs your mood—is the tech that allows one brain nerve cell to slip into another’s DMs. These messages tell your body what to ...