Antidepressants are most effective at helping to treat the symptoms of moderate to severe depression. About one out of 10 people over the age of 12 in the US takes antidepressants. In fact, from ...

A pharmacist explains their benefits and risks. Depression is a common but serious mental health condition that can ...

A commonly-prescribed antidepressant reduces anxiety first and has a smaller effect on depressive symptoms weeks later, a study suggests. Researchers at University College London said it made ...

The NHS specifically warns patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-noradrenaline ...

New research by UCL has thrown doubt on how antidepressants go about moderating poor mental health. But after years of avoiding medication, writer Josie England says that her meds have changed her ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, seasonal affective depression or any other type of depression, your ...

“With SSRI antidepressants like citalopram and fluoxetine, we do sometimes see a worsening of anxiety or depression symptoms, or even thoughts of suicide, in the first few days.

This analysis of more than 9000 patients shows that antidepressants work regardless of the severity of the depression. Moreover, antidepressant response often takes more than the 6 weeks analyzed ...

The announcement was welcome news for those with major depressive disorder, which affects an estimated 8.3% of the adult ...

Effects are greatest in children, but are significant for all, in a study examining patient-level data from 41 studies focusing on two antidepressants. Suggestions that antidepressants work only ...

Most of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from “butterflies” in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we’re feeling blue. A ...