Antidepressants can be an effective treatment for depression in many cases. Here's how to know if they might work for you.

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 ...

In the first directive since his nomination to secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust ...

In the 1980s, people generally thought of depression as a meaningful response to a crisis. A job loss. A divorce. Struggling to fit in at school. The angst of realizing life didn’t turn out as you’d ...

In 2023, an estimated 11.4% of adult Americans took antidepressants. Here's how the class of medication can help depression ...

In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects. Most of us have ...

Early research suggests a brain test may predict whether antidepressants will cause sexual dysfunction. There has never been ...

Immediately following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as health secretary, President Donald Trump instructed his administration to assess the “threat” posed to children by the prescription of ...