A groundbreaking collaboration provides useful advice on a clinically challenging problem. Depression is common in women during the childbearing years, and psychiatrists and obstetricians alike can ...

Treatment with modern antidepressants may help prevent patients with bipolar disorder from relapsing into a depressive episode, according to an international clinical trial. The findings challenge ...

In the U.S. women are far more likely than men to seek treatment for depression—as with all other conditions. Nevertheless, it is extremely important for anyone suffering to take steps to treat ...

All 114 respondents who completed questionnaires reported having prescribed SSRIs in the preceding 2 years. The group reported a median efficacy rate of 73% in using SSRIs for major depression during ...

In treatment-resistant depression, commonly defined as a lack of response to two or more consecutive treatments during the current depressive episode, the percentage of patients with remission is low ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Maintenance therapy with the antidepressant Lexapro (also known as escitalopram) significantly reduces the risk for recurrent depression, according to study findings. Sign ...

ECT can seem like something out of science fiction, but it actually has decades of studies to show how effective it can be in reducing depression symptoms. Depression is one of the most common mental ...

Researchers have identified anxiety and depression symptom trajectories that may help explain the high relapse rates for people who quit drinking. A study published in Alcohol: Clinical and ...