Past neuroscience studies have consistently showed the profound effects of early life experiences on the brain's wiring, particularly on the formation of the junctions that enable communication ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are among the most widely prescribed medications in the United States, primarily for managing depression. While SSRIs emerged as antidepressants during ...

New research is shedding light on how antidepressants taken during pregnancy might affect fetal brain development, potentially increasing the risk of depression and anxiety later in life. As a mother ...

Research shows that the risks of untreated depression in pregnancy is much larger than the risks posed by SSRIs. RyanKing999/iStock via Getty Images Plus At a meeting held by the Food and Drug ...

In the first directive since his nomination to secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.

Even though depression is one of the most common conditions in the world, and we know many of the things that increase the chances of getting it (e.g., early life stress, being female, serious medical ...

It’s been called “the new pandemic.” Anxiety has increased dramatically among people ages 12-30 over the past 30 years.

In the 1980s, people generally thought of depression as a meaningful response to a crisis. A job loss. A divorce. Struggling to fit in at school. The angst of realizing life didn’t turn out as you’d ...

(THE CONVERSATION) At a meeting held by the Food and Drug Administration on July 21, 2025, a panel convened by the agency cast doubt on the safety of antidepressant medications called selective ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nicole Amoyal Pensak, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Andrew Novick ...