Some antidepressants could potentially be used to treat a wide range of diseases caused by bacteria living within cells, according to work by researchers in the Virginia Commonwealth Univers... Read more
Commercial antidepressants typically take two to four weeks to have a significant effect on a depressed patient. They are also ineffective in many cases. Finding new drugs for depression tha... Read more
A potential new antidepressant and antianxiety treatment with a unique mechanism of action has been developed by scientists at the University of Bath. The compound has shown significant pote... Read more
Using antidepressants during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of autism, Professor Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children’s hospi... Read more
Burning frankincense (resin from the Boswellia plant) activates poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety or depression. Religious leaders have contended for millennia... Read more
Scientists cured mice of stress-induced depression using new drugs. For the last century, research on depression has focused on neurons. But a new study by Israeli and American researchers s... Read more
“One of the biggest problems in the treatment of depression today is a delay in onset of therapeutic effects” More than 1 in 10 Americans take antidepressants, but these medications ca... Read more