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 ...

Are antidepressants next on Trump's chopping block? President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week to establish the "Make America Healthy Again Commission" to target chronic diseases, ...

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 ...

Kennedy’s antidepressant rhetoric is not only based on bad science, it fuels distrust in mental health treatments” in the ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can be life-saving medications. They can alter the course of someone’s life by managing the often debilitating symptoms of anxiety and/or depression.

As someone who’s lived in Phoenix for a few years, I’m pretty familiar with pavement-scorching, triple-digit temps. And while I can get as heat-fatigued as the next person, for the most part, I just ...

While SSRIs can be great for treating the symptoms of depression, they can have side effects, the most common being sweating, upset stomach, dry mouth, and sexual problems such as reduced sexual ...

Nearly one in five pregnant women and new moms in this country suffers from anxiety and depression. And 6-8% of pregnant women are prescribed a group of antidepressants called Selective Serotonin ...

Medically reviewed by Patricia Mikula, PharmD Key Takeaways Celexa and Lexapro are both SSRIs used to treat ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An FDA panel recently raised concerns over antidepressant use during pregnancy. An expert said these treatments’ ...

This guest post is by Dr. Adam Urato, a maternal and fetal medicine specialist. When a patient asks, “What are the risks of using an SSRI antidepressant during pregnancy?” she deserves an answer.

The New York Times Magazine published an article last week about the lesser-discussed ways selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as fluoxetine and paroxetine, which are frequently prescribed ...