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Antidepressants Articles
After Reexamining Study Data, Researchers Dispute Approval of Commonly Prescribed Antidepressant for Children and Teens
A common antidepressant medication has no clinically relevant benefit for depressed children and teens, but carries...
Nearly Two Million Veterans Using VA Health Services Are Prescribed Antidepressants, But Their Suicide Rate Remains High
Veterans Day is a time to honor those who served in the U.S. military and to recommit to safe and effective treatments...
Long-Term Antidepressant Use May Double the Risk of Heart Disease, Researchers Say
New study adds to the harms associated with antidepressants; other research debunks the chemical-imbalance rationale...
National Suicide Prevention Month: Researchers Continue to Find that Suicide is a Real Risk of Antidepressants
Consumers need to know about the increased risk of suicide from antidepressants so they can make fully informed...
Suicide Prevention Week: Antidepressants Increase the Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Actions, Researchers and FDA Say
Recent research finds no scientific basis for the chemical imbalance theory of depression and calls into question the...
Warning: Summer Heat Waves Pose a Danger to People Taking Psychiatric Drugs
While most psychiatric drugs increase the risk of heat-related illness, authorities warn that individuals taking...
Patients Taking Antidepressants Are Only Slightly More Likely to Improve Than Those Taking Placebos, Study Finds
Patients should discuss with their physicians the reportedly small potential for benefit versus the risk of harm...
Justice for Millions of Americans Prescribed Antidepressants for a Chemical Imbalance of the Brain that Doesn’t Exist?
A new report details the history of the fraudulent promotion of the unproven theory and the possible grounds for a...