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 1999 ...

OK, you probably have at least two: First, why would anyone give a fruit fly drugs? And, as a follow up, how would you know if the drugs were working? The answers to questions like these can be found ...

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

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with increased brain plasticity, explaining the delay in mental health benefits PET scans reveal a significant increase in synapse ...

Antidepressants interact with the protein that transports serotonin in the brain. Understanding the mechanism can help develop new therapeutic agents. The discovery by researchers at the OHSU Vollum ...

Mental health is no longer a hush-hush topic. More and more people are opening up about their mental health struggles, whether it's depression, anxiety, panic attacks, or obsessive thoughts. And as ...

This is the first in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, has increased among college students since ...

Depression medications affectthe concentration of certain neurochemicals in the brain, and/or their receptor sites. The word "antidepressant" actually refers to several different kinds of medication.

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 ...