According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise understanding of what happens in different areas of the cerebral cortex during ...

The public deserves advice about psychiatric medications that does not oscillate between stupor and alarmism. Antidepressants, like all medical interventions, come with benefits and trade-offs.

Introduction Depressive disorder is common in children and adolescents, with important consequences and serious impairments in terms of personal and social functioning. While both pharmacological and ...

New study shows dementia patients who are on antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), over time may experience faster cognitive decline.

Antidepressants are not associated with an increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia in adults without cognitive impairment, new research showed.

We will comprehensively assess the efficacy, tolerability, acceptability and suicide-related outcomes of first-generation and newer-generation antidepressant medications for depression in children and ...

We discuss the five main types of antidepressants. Familiarizing yourself with information on the available medications can help you have a conversation with your doctor—and feel confident with ...

Conclusions Overall, concomitant antidepressant and statin use in people with clinical depression was correlated to lower antidepressant treatment discontinuations.