In 2004, the suicide rate among U.S. teens increased for the first time in a decade, according to a recent CDC report. That year also saw a noted decline in the use of antidepressants among children ...

In a review of the role of antidepressant medications in the treatment of chronic pain, Barkin and associates [9] suggested that dual-acting antidepressants such as venlafaxine might be more effective ...

Researchers have reported progress in the important effort to explain the rapid antidepressant action of ketamine, and in so doing, have gained insights that may inform the development of other ...

The FDA requires a warning about the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions for children and young adults up to age 25 who are taking antidepressants. Antidepressants given to healthy adult ...

Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Forest Laboratories Inc. are facing multiple proposed class actions in which the plaintiffs allege antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro were unlawfully marketed to treat ...

An annual psychiatric meeting was abuzz over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call to rein in the use of depression medications. Some ...

Recent studies have attempted to address this question. Various claims have been made about the dual-acting antidepressants, including: (1) they result in a higher remission rate; (2) they have a more ...