Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust and the Lundbeck Foundation. Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental ...

It seems as though there’s a medication for every type of ailment. You reach for ibuprofen when you have a headache or antihistamines for allergies. The same goes for mental health conditions like ...

Patients taking antidepressant medication, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), often report emotional blunting even as their depression eases, new research shows. Emotional ...

A team led by researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) has identified the behavioral process that’s affected in individuals taking antidepressants, which could be contributing to the common ...

Antidepressants can often alleviate symptoms of depression and make life better for people with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, for the millions of Americans who take antidepressants, these ...

A common side-effect among people who take anti-depressants is feeling emotionally numb or experiencing emotional blunting. Their hobbies no longer bring them joy. And their sex life is not as ...

Depression is a mental illness that can make everyday tasks feel difficult. But health professionals can offer many tools to help keep symptoms at bay. Depression, also referred to as major depressive ...

Jon Jureidini receives research funding from MMRF. He is affiliated with Critical Psychiatry Network Australasia. In the 1990s, pharmaceutical companies heavily promoted new selective serotonin ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, suggested Thursday that psychiatric drugs may have played a role in the Minnesota Catholic school shooting - a statement widely criticized as ...

This guest post is by Dr. Adam Urato, a maternal and fetal medicine specialist. When a patient asks, “What are the risks of using an SSRI antidepressant during pregnancy?” she deserves an answer.