Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Health and Human ...

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 ...

This is the first installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, has increased among college ...

In 2017, Julie moved to Massachusetts to start a new job in biotech. She was maintaining her relationship with her partner long distance, and starting a new position in an unknown city alone had her ...

Switching from an SSRI to an SNRI typically involves gradually tapering off the SSRI under a doctor’s guidance and starting the SNRI at a low dose. Switching from a selective serotonin reuptake ...

Antidepressants can be a powerful tool in helping deal with depression symptoms, medical experts say. Depression, also referred to as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is a condition ...

Nearly two decades ago, Columbia researchers who were using mouse models to better understand the role of serotonin in depression got results that left them baffled. The researchers genetically ...

A new study has looked into this and found that about one in six people who stop antidepressants may feel sick or ...

Science News: Awais Aftab, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, explained how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs are not considered addictive. “They ...