Treatments may include a type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), beta-blockers (to reduce the physical symptoms associated with anxiety), or benzodiazepines — ...

SSRIs are often the first choice for treating depression and various anxiety disorders. Medications for anxiety and depression work by boosting neurotransmitters like serotonin, norepinephrine, ...

In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects. Most of us have ...

Choosing the right antidepressant is important. There are a vast array of antidepressants and knowing where to start can be confusing. Here are five ways that I, as a psychiatrist, think about ...

Do antidepressants really work? This has been a controversial question ever since the 2008 publication of a research study by Dr. Irving Kirsch and his colleagues that concluded that there was “little ...

Studies indicate that the majority of people with mood and anxiety disorders who receive the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressant medications, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors or ...

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