More than 1 in 10 Americans take antidepressants, but these medications can take weeks - and for some patients, months - before they begin to alleviate symptoms. Now, scientists from…

Customs agents have seized one million fake anti-anxiety pills in transit at Zurich airport, Swiss officials say.

The four-crate shipment was on its way from China to Egypt,…

An interesting new report of animal research published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that common antidepressant medications may impair a form of learning that is important clinically.

Selective serotonin reuptake…

The new feature of the antidepressant drugs of the 1990s was that they had milder side-effects than their predecessors. Combined with aggressive marketing, this meant that annual sales in Sweden increased…

People using a common class of antidepressants may have slightly increased odds of suffering bleeding in the brain - though the risk is still very small, researchers reported Wednesday.

The…

Scientists at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at The Rockefeller University, led by Paul Greengard, Ph.D., and Jennifer Warner-Schmidt, Ph.D., have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen,…

A class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may provide a boost to cardiovascular health by affecting the way platelets, small cells in the blood involved in clotting, clump together,…

The use of antidepressant medications by patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is associated with a reduction in pain, sleep disturbances and depressed mood and improvement of health-related quality of…

When your antidepressant medication does not work, should you switch to a different medication from the same class or should you try an antidepressant medication that has a different mechanism of action? This is…

Following last week’s study suggesting that new generation antidepressants aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, a special report in this week’s BMJ asks do we really know the…

People taking medication for depression typically see a lot of improvements in their symptoms during the first few months, but lagging behind other areas is a sense of hopefulness,…

In the PhD defended by the pharmacologist and biochemist Jorge Emilio Ortega Calvo at the University of the Basque Country, a new anti-depressant treatment strategy is proposed that is capable…

Study on anandamide shows how endocannabinoid system can be targeted for new pharmaceuticals to treat depression

American and Italian researchers have found that boosting the amounts of a marijuana-like brain…

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depressive disorders in children and adolescents

Depressive disorders are common in young people and are associated with significant negative…

The number of children and adolescents who are prescribed newer antidepressants known as SSRIs has decreased substantially in the U.S. since the release of public health advisories linking these drugs with…

The antidepressant Lexapro does not appear to be an effective treatment for people suffering from kleptomania, according to the first controlled study to look at drug treatment for the disorder. But…

CIHR-funded study explored the relationship between use of antidepressants and level of alcohol consumption, examining whether using antidepressants affected the link between depression and level of alcohol…

Johns Hopkins brain scientists have hit on how and why some powerful drugs used for treating mental illnesses cause patients to gain so much weight that they often develop…

Daily use of the antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) by adults 50 years and older is associated with a doubled…

Maintenance therapy with the antidepressant Lexapro® (also known as escitalopram) significantly reduces the risk for recurrent depression, according to study findings.

“Escitalopram is another treatment option that has now been shown…

Use of one class of antidepressant drugs, the SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), may be associated with severe violence in a small number of individuals say…

In non-depressed patients who have recently suffered a stroke, prophylactic treatment with Zoloft (also called sertraline) does not prevent the onset of depression in the following 6 months, according to results…

A single intravenous infusion of a drug known as ketamine, which is a general anesthetic agent, may relieve symptoms of depression within two hours and remain effective for up to…

Following GlaxoSmithKline’s recent letter to doctors pointing to a sixfold increase in the risk of suicidal behaviour in adults taking paroxetine, Professor David Healy examines the regulation…

Patients who take clozapine, the most effective antipsychotic drug, have significantly higher rates of metabolic syndrome, according to a first-of-a-kind study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.

Metabolic syndrome is a…