Antidepressants must be prescribed by a licensed healthcare provider — a primary care physician (PCP), psychiatrist, or nurse ...

More people in the United States are on antidepressants, as a percentage of the population, than any other country in the world. And yet the drugs’ efficacy has been hotly debated. Some believe that ...

Even though depression is one of the most common conditions in the world, and we know many of the things that increase the chances of getting it (e.g., early life stress, being female, serious medical ...

Imagine your brain is Instagram. Then serotonin—a neurotransmitter that governs your mood—is the tech that allows one brain nerve cell to slip into another’s DMs. These messages tell your body what to ...

Because antidepressants are taken orally, some of the active ingredients may make it to the large intestine, where the majority of microbes live. Medical News Today had spoken to three medical experts ...

Scientists have been debating the efficacy of antidepressants for decades. The latest paper to throw its hat into the ring concludes that there is little evidence to show that they perform better than ...

Antidepressants are medications used to treat depression and other mood disorders. They help balance chemicals in the brain ...

Breastfeeding mothers can feel reassured by new research that has found that taking antidepressant treatment does not ...