What do Prozac, Lexapro, and Zoloft have in common? All belong to a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, and all have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

As someone who’s lived in Phoenix for a few years, I’m pretty familiar with pavement-scorching, triple-digit temps. And while I can get as heat-fatigued as the next person, for the most part, I just ...

Immediately following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as health secretary, President Donald Trump instructed his administration to assess the “threat” posed to children by the prescription of ...

A single dose of a popular class of psychiatric drug used to treat depression can alter the brain’s architecture within hours, even though most patients usually don’t report improvement for weeks, a ...

Roughly 1 in 10 Americans take antidepressants. The most common type is SSRIs, or selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, like Prozac, Lexapro, and Zoloft. But what happens when you stop taking them ...

PHILADELPHIA — Adults who fail to respond to antidepressant therapy may have underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and not treatment-resistant ...

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) were introduced in 1987 with the release of Prozac, and since then have become the most common type of antidepressant used by Americans. According to ...

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 ...

Escitalopram is a selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor or SSRI, one of the most often prescribed types of antidepressants. As their name suggests, SSRIs inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, the ...