Depression is a mental illness that can make everyday tasks feel difficult. But health professionals can offer many tools to help keep symptoms at bay. Depression, also referred to as major depressive ...

It's common knowledge that antidepressants are an established and accessible treatment for depression, but it's not always ...

It’s very important to stress this upfront: Many people rely on antidepressants to stay mentally healthy, and you shouldn’t feel pressured to go off your medication if it’s working for you. But if you ...

In the first directive since his nomination for secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.

The best strategy for stopping antidepressants is for patients to slowly taper off their medication while also receiving psychological support, researchers have concluded.1 The Italian research team’s ...

This is the first installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, has increased among college ...

When it comes to mental health, the best treatment approaches generally include a combination of talk therapy and medication, clinically called pharmacotherapy—the use of medication to help alleviate ...

FORMER Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral, who died after a fall along ...