One study found that taking antidepressants in pregnancy when needed reduces the risk of preterm birth by 16%. Meanwhile, the ...

On Monday morning, the FDA hosted a 10-person expert panel on the use during pregnancy of SSRIs, which include medications ...

One panelist, Roger McFillin, a clinical psychologist, wondered aloud if women are “just naturally experiencing their ...

As my colleague Kiera Butler has written, Kennedy has claimed, without evidence, that they can cause addiction and school ...

The US Food and Drug Administration recently convened a panel of experts to examine a sensitive and increasingly urgent ...

Her doctor prescribed an antidepressant, even though the then 36-year-old insisted she wasn’t depressed. She even went to therapy. It took 10 years to get a correct diagnosis: Perimenopause. The ...

Recent reviews claim antidepressant withdrawal is clinically insignificant, but they are based on flawed and short-term ...

Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs. Some claimed, without evidence, that ...

The kids are not all right. Four in 10 American high school students report prolonged feelings of sadness or hopelessness, a ...

Antidepressants can be effective at treating moderate, severe, or chronic depression. This medication may also be helpful at treating chronic pain and certain anxiety disorders.

In a discovery that could guide the development of next-generation antidepressants and antipsychotic medications, researchers ...

The Food and Drug Administration is considering adding warning labels to antidepressants for women who are pregnant, despite ...