A population-based study explores the relationship between preinjury antidepressant use and short-term outcomes after ...

Because Prozac was so safe—and the risk of drug-drug interactions minimal—doctors began prescribing it to patients with milder symptoms, those to whom they might have hesitated to prescribe a ...

SEATTLE — Some patients taking antidepressant medications may be at increased risk for heat-related illnesses this summer, as common prescription drugs can interfere with the body's natural cooling ...

A new study found the most commonly prescribed antidepressants in the U.S., called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, tended to have fewer side effects than some older medications.

Randomized trial from the U.K. showed "small" benefit, clinical relevance uncertain ...

An analysis of more than 150 clinical trials looked at how side effects differ between different kinds of antidepressants. SSRIs, the most commonly prescribed antidepressant type, are less likely than ...

Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health. But a major analysis from a team of researchers in the U.K. has, for the first time, pulled ...

Eli Lilly biochemist David Wong (left) played an instrumental role in the discovery of Prozac. Source: Oregon State University, used with permission In the history of psychiatry, a few discoveries can ...