A “deprescribing” movement is building up in the psychiatry field, aimed at helping patients reduce or stop their medications ...

A recent Lancet Psychiatry study revealed that around 15% or one in six patients who discontinue using antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms. Antidepressants like desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine, ...

People coming off antidepressants often struggle with emotional and social turmoil, especially if they quit their meds cold turkey, a new study reports. Challenges reported by patients quitting ...

Phillipa Munari started antidepressants in 2003. Her doctor recommended one, she said, after she complained of feeling tired. She didn't think it helped, but she kept taking it anyway. When she ...

The moment when a person stops taking their antidepressant is fraught. Not only can patients see their psychiatric symptoms return, but they can experience a wide variety of new symptoms in the days ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as the US health and human services secretary, despite saying a few things that raised eyebrows during his confirmation hearing. One of those things was the ...

In a recent webinar, “Why Are Antidepressants So Difficult to Stop?,” the distinguished pharmacologist and psychiatrist David Healy raised troubling, little-known details about the history of ...

Many patients end up "parked" on antidepressant meds. It can be tough to quit on your own. Withdrawal symptoms can range from mild to severe. A first-of-its-kind microdosing service is opening in the ...

But when the researchers analyzed the data, they found that fluoxetine appeared not to provide meaningful benefits for reducing depressive symptoms in children. In fact, the study authors told The ...