As the proportion of SSRI-takers found to suffer from discontinuation syndrome is, by pharmacological standards, astronomical, and "one in ten Americans"—roughly 30 million people in the U.S.

In his "Defense of Antidepressants" in last Sunday's New York Times, Peter Kramer tried to discredit meta-analyses of SSRI antidepressants indicating that most of their efficacy is due to placebo, to ...

Neonatal withdrawal signs have been documented in newborns of mothers treated with antidepressants and are known as a cause of neonatal morbidity. Due to the lack of a common terminology, withdrawal ...

When I was 17, I was prescribed Prozac — a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) — for my anxiety with the hope that it would aid in my eating disorder recovery. It wasn’t making too much of a ...

Without robust long-term data, physicians and patients continue debating the severity and significance of SSRI withdrawal symptoms. Plus, growing up, Asha de Vos didn’t know of any Sri Lankans ...