Dealing with depression can feel overwhelming, whether you’re deep in a two-week funk or have been enduring it for years. And while depression is a mental health condition that looks different for ...

(Reuters) - A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared other popular treatments in the ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are a class of antidepressants that increase the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. SSRIs like Lexapro, Zoloft and Prozac are the most ...

More cats and dogs are being prescribed meds for compulsive behavior and anxiety Feb. 10, 2012— -- Psychiatric medications such as Prozac are being prescribed more often to man's best friend to ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, also known as SSRIs are being advertised as an easy scapegoat for individuals with mental disorders such as depression, anxiety or OCD. These SSRIs include ...

Depression medications affectthe concentration of certain neurochemicals in the brain, and/or their receptor sites. The word "antidepressant" actually refers to several different kinds of medication.

Is one antidepressant more effective than another? I confronted this question last September when I had breakfast with one of psychiatry's leading scholars and administrators. He was complaining about ...