Despite being a first-line treatment for adolescent depression and anxiety, antidepressant drugs appear to have questionable efficacy and carry an increased risk of adverse effects in this population.

FDA black box warnings that antidepressants may be linked with suicidality among youth may have unintended, yet harmful, ...

Adolescence is a roller coaster of emotions, and for many teens, depression becomes an unwelcome passenger. We’ve spoken before about how society tends to believe children cannot suffer from clinical ...

Thousands of bottles of a popular antidepressant medication are being recalled due to the presence of what the National ...

Antidepressant administration during adolescence may also modify normal developmental neurotrophic processes, having lasting effects on the maturation of the brain regions involved in emotional ...

Antidepressant use has been increasing since ... have risen nearly 50 per cent in the past 15 years. We go inside a teen brain to show how modern pressures affect the adolescent mind.

While an increase in antidepressant use occurred before the ... with concerns about how to treat symptoms without putting kids at risk of further harm. “It is true that the decision on whether ...

Some bottles of the antidepressant duloxetine, sold under the brand name Cymbalta, were recalled due to the presence of a ...

Research suggests that antidepressants may help treat menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and night sweats. Antidepressants are medications that help treat symptoms of depression. Most impact ...

Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs ... People taking TCAs, especially teenagers and young adults under 25, may be at increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. This risk is indicated ...

A pharmaceutical company issued a recall this month for thousands of bottles of duloxetine, a medicine often prescribed to ...