Doctors push back on unfounded claims that antidepressants are addictive, cause violence or are a cure-all.

There is basically no research that looks at the impact of antidepressants on emerging sexuality. Here are the key things we ...

Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for adolescents who take them?

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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.

It seems as though there’s a medication for every type of ailment. You reach for ibuprofen when you have a headache or antihistamines for allergies. The same goes for mental health conditions like ...

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.

Hours into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday to vote on his nomination for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) accused ...

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 ...

If you’re tapering off antidepressants or recently skipped a dose or two, you may have experienced a mysterious side effect commonly known as “brain zaps.” Don’t worry, you aren’t actually being ...

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