antidepressants

Pregnant women who use certain popular antidepressants may have a twofold increased risk for delivering babies with a rare but serious lung disorder, a new study finds.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Roughly 1 in 25 adolescents in the United States are taking antidepressants, according to a new government study billed as the first to offer such statistics on that age group....

Grim reality: The rate of antidepressant use to treat depression or anxiety has jumped nearly 400 percent in the past 20 years.

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Antidepressants may be increasingly prescribed by non-psychiatrists to treat medical disorders in the absence of a psychiatric diagnosis.

Risperdal, an antipsychotic medication commonly prescribed to veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when antidepressants have failed to help, does not alleviate the symptoms of PTSD, according to a new study.

Children born to women who take SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy may have a slight increase in risk for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new study suggests.

New research suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants may help people move again after a stroke.

(Yale University) Yale University researchers have found a gene that seems to be a key contributor to the onset of depression and is a promising target for a new class of antidepressants.

SAM-e plus prescription antidepressants may spell relief for hard-to-treat depression, according to a new study.