If an antidepressant isn’t working or causes intolerable side effects, switching to a different medication may be necessary, but always consult with a doctor before making any changes. Doctors may ...

Managing the several types of depression is a therapeutic tightrope. In its most severe manifestation, depression can lead to self-harming behaviors, up to and including suicide attempts. Therefore, ...

We sought to determine differences in efficacy and tolerability between different doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using ...

About a decade after the Food and Drug Administration first warned that antidepressant medications increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, new research has found that kids ...

The possible dose-dependency for the antidepressant effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) remains controversial. We believe we have conducted the first comprehensive patient-level ...

Antidepressants are thought to increase the risk of suicide in young people, but that may be caused by starting them on larger doses of the drugs, a study finds. Children and young adults who started ...

Medications that treat depression, known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), don't always work immediately or at all for some patients. However, new research on how SSRIs affect the ...