Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications too often get a bad rap-and frankly, that's a damn shame because they offer help to literally millions of people in the U.S. alone (12.7 percent of ...

Seven millions Americans suffering from depression were prescribed antidepressants last year. Yes, they wanted to raise their serotonin levels, but, more important, they wanted to improve their mood.

Seven millions Americans suffering from depression were prescribed antidepressants last year. Yes, they wanted to raise their serotonin levels, but, more important, they wanted to improve their mood.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report from the drug company GlaxoSmithKline concludes that its antidepressant Paxil might make adults with major depression more likely to become suicidal. But the ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration halted distribution Friday of the popular antidepressant Paxil CR and the diabetes drug Avandamet, citing concerns about manufacturing problems. FDA ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have demonstrated the use of stem-cell-derived "mini-brains" to detect harmful side effects of a common drug on the developing brain.

I dread public speaking. I get nervous on first dates. I hate to be called on in classes or meetings. In short, I’m shy. Not debilitatingly so. I’m guessing many of you are no different. I’ve often ...

This piece was originally published in Slate on June 18, 2006. I dread public speaking. I get nervous on first dates. I hate to be called on in classes or meetings. In short, I’m shy. Not ...

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could be taking aim at anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder medications. Kennedy has a history of ...

When Gina O’Brien decided she no longer needed drugs to quell her anxiety and panic attacks, she followed doctor’s orders by slowly tapering her dose of the antidepressant Paxil. The gradual ...