NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new ...

Singer Cher Lloyd says she was prescribed antidepressants at the age of 16 during her time on X Factor, after feeling as ...

A new study shows that doctors are giving American kids two or three times more psychiatric drugs than they were 15 years ago. A handful of newer drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, ...

A medication meant to lift spirits may be falling flat. New research suggests that an antidepressant commonly prescribed to children and teens may not be as effective as once thought. Now, some ...

As the Food and Drug Administration concludes hearings on the use of antidepressants in children and teens, much of the debate focuses on the safety of such drugs, called SSRIs. Some parents blame the ...

When your child is diagnosed with depression, talk therapy is generally the first recommended treatment. There are times, though, when psychotherapy may not be enough to reduce your child's depressive ...

Prozac (fluoxetine) is a prescription drug used to treat certain mental health conditions, including depression. The drug comes as an oral capsule. Prozac may not be safe to take while pregnant or ...

The FDA has stepped up warnings that children and adolescents taking any of 10 antidepressants should be monitored for depression or suicidal thinking, but the agency also said that no causal link had ...

Although the clinical efficacy of antidepressants in children and adolescents is proven, it is frequently accompanied by side effects. In addition, the influence of the placebo effect on the efficacy ...

Children whose mothers took antidepressants during pregnancy are not more likely to develop long-term anxiety or depression due to the medication itself, suggests a new study published in the Journal ...

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.