An AI-driven tool that tailors antidepressant treatment to individual patients was shown to improve outcomes for people with depression, compared to standard treatment, in a major international trial.

For patients battling severe depression, antidepressant medications are still the best option for treatment, but these drugs may offer little benefit to patients suffering from milder forms of ...

A tool that uses artificial intelligence has been shown to effectively help doctors prescribe antidepressants. Developed by ...

A web-based tool that incorporates patient preference in antidepressant selection was associated with a significant decrease ...

A new brain-imaging study has revealed how ketamine produces its fast antidepressant effects in people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers tracked changes in a critical brain receptor ...

A new study found that psychotherapy is as effective as antidepressant medications for treating symptoms of depression in patients with heart failure. The corresponding study was published in JAMA ...

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 ...

Additionally, some patients report distressing withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop, such as insomnia, anxiety, and ...

When it comes to mental health, the best treatment approaches generally include a combination of talk therapy and medication, clinically called pharmacotherapy—the use of medication to help alleviate ...

Weighing the benefits of antidepressants against the costs of their potential side effects can be tricky for the millions of Americans who take these prescription drugs. But a large new study ...

Depression and anxiety, and not necessarily the use of antidepressant medication, are associated with lower pregnancy and live birth rates following in vitro fertilisation, according to a large ...