In the treatment of mental health disorders like depression and anxiety, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are often prescribed as first-line treatments. Among the most popular SSRIs are ...

(Reuters) - A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared other popular treatments in the ...

A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared other popular treatments in the class, including ...

Are Zoloft and Lexapro the best antidepressants? A recent study from Europe says so. The study, published online last month in the medical journal Lancet, compared 12 newer generation antidepressant ...

Depression medications affectthe concentration of certain neurochemicals in the brain, and/or their receptor sites. The word "antidepressant" actually refers to several different kinds of medication.

Early developmental exposure to two different antidepressants, Prozac and Lexapro, has been studied by researchers in a mouse model that mimics human third trimester medication exposure. They found ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are a class of antidepressants that increase the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. SSRIs like Lexapro, Zoloft and Prozac are the most ...

Lexapro, Paxil and Cymbalta carry a higher risk of packing on pounds than Zoloft, while Wellbutrin users are less likely to gain weight, according to a new study of eight popular antidepressants. Siam ...

Popular antidepressants Paxil and Prozac are linked to higher rates of birth defects, but several similar drugs used to treat depression in pregnant women carry no such risks, a new study found. The ...