Antidepressants

Antidepressants are the second most prescribed group of drugs in America.

Dr. Peter Breggin: New Research: Antidepressants Can Cause Long-Term Depression

Antidepressants are the second most prescribed group of drugs in America.

Dr. Peter Breggin: New Research: Antidepressants Can Cause Long-Term Depression

Antidepressants will make you lose, not gain, weight.

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Are Your Meds Making You Gain Weight?

Antidepressants can help relieve depression, but you should know these drugs can also have dangerous side effects — such as increased thoughts of suicide — as well as potentially bothersome ones, including insomnia, sexual dysfunction, and weight gain.

Suffering from depressive symptoms? Today is National Depression Screening Day

Antidepressants help those who help themselves; you can't just take medication and sit back and wait for it to have a beneficial effect.

Andrew Solomon - An interview with author

Antidepressants will make you lose, not gain, weight.

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Are Your Meds Making You Gain Weight?

Antidepressants and aspirin don't mix, a new study suggests.

Aspirin and Prozac Can Mix Badly, Study Says

Antidepressants were the second-most widely prescribed class of medicine in the U.S. in 2010, after cholesterol-lowering statins, according to IMS Health.

Antidepressants Given More Widely

Antidepressants, the bulk of which are SSRIs, were the second most popular drug class prescribed in the U.S. last year, netting $11.6 billion in sales, according to IMS Health, which tracks pharmaceutical sales.

Aspirin and Prozac Can Mix Badly, Study Says

"Antidepressants" and "psychotherapy" can help not because they are the "treatment for the mental disorder of depression" but because chemical have effects and talk can help.

Eric Maisel, Ph.D.: Does Depression Exist?