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Decades of research show that SSRIs can be safely used during pregnancy. Meanwhile, untreated depression during pregnancy is associated with poor health outcomes like preterm birth and preeclampsia.
Long-term antidepressant users are at greater risk of withdrawal.
Some patients report that SSRIs are helpful – even essential – in the management of mental health. Others, however, complain of being turned into zombies. Psychotherapy is an effective alternative.
Our new study shows you may be able to walk, run, lift or dance away depression. And the more intense your exercise program, the better.
This rare procedure is offered by only a handful of centers in the US and around the world and should be used only when less invasive treatment options for OCD have been tried.
A recent review of studies concluded depression is not caused by a lack of serotonin in the brain. But this doesn’t mean antidepressants, which work on serotonin, aren’t effective.
Drugs can interact with one another in ways that are harmful. A study finds that taking oxycodone with certain SSRIs can make an opioid overdose more likely.
It’s early days yet. But here’s what we know so far.
There’s buzz about MDMA – yes, the same ingredient in the street drug known as Ecstasy – being a game changer in the treatment of PTSD. A psychiatrist who treats PTSD says, “Not so fast.”
Fluvoxamine has shown positive results in early trials.
This brain region also shows how effective certain treatments will be.
Tryptophan, found in food, is an important ingredient in the neurotransmitter serotonin. But is that enough to support it as a possible mood booster? The research is decidedly mixed.
Sertraline is effective at treating mild and moderate depression.
Taking antidepressants during pregnancy is linked with various health issues, but stopping taking antidepressants can be even more problematic.
The increasing placebo response rate in depression is likely driven by an increasing expectation that treatment will work.
The flowering tops and aerial parts of the St John’s Wort plant are used medicinally in the form of tinctures and tablets to treat a number of conditions affecting the nervous and immune systems.
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Head of the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Clinical Professor, Cardiff University
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Professor of Medicine and Chair of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle
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Emeritus Professor, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Psychotherapy, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University
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Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Lancashire
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, UCL
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Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry, UCL
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Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Cambridge