When they work, antidepressant medications may take weeks or months to alleviate symptoms of depression. Progress in developing new and more effective antidepressant treatments has been limited, ...

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

Three medical experts review the evidence around how antidepressants may affect the gut microbiome, and what this could mean ...

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 ...

Antidepressants can be a powerful tool in helping deal with depression symptoms, medical experts say. Depression, also referred to as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is a condition ...

(THE CONVERSATION) At a meeting held by the Food and Drug Administration on July 21, 2025, a panel convened by the agency cast doubt on the safety of antidepressant medications called selective ...

New research is shedding light on how antidepressants taken during pregnancy might affect fetal brain development, potentially increasing the risk of depression and anxiety later in life. As a mother ...