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

It seems as though there’s a medication for every type of ailment. You reach for ibuprofen when you have a headache or antihistamines for allergies. The same goes for mental health conditions like ...

Anxiety is the body's natural response to stress, but some people have an anxiety disorder with excessive fear or worry that ...

On Oct 16 an enthusiastic piece was published in the Scientific American on “The Rise of All-Purpose Antidepressants.” It was simply thrilling, the author noted, that Prozac and its cousins turned out ...

Prior research suggests that SSRIs may reduce the risk of developing long COVID, a condition affecting approximately 65 million individuals worldwide that is associated with fatigue, cognitive ...