It's thought that about 18% of the population, or close to one in every five adults, has a form of anxiety disorder, whether it's post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, or something else.

An increasing number of children in Oklahoma state custody are taking prescription medications for behavioral issues.

Decreased sex drive is a common symptom of depression. So as your depression lifts with treatment, your sex drive may improve as well.

San Francisco, CA, November 09, 2009 -- Jason Rodriguez was the gunman who killed one and injured five, police said, in a shooting this week in an Orlando Florida engineering office, where he was laid off two years ago.

Brooklyn-based artist Andrew Sutherland works as a composer of mundane materials and uneventful spaces.

Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new study suggests.

A US jury's decision that an antidepressant caused heart defects in an unborn baby is highlighting the painful dilemma facing pregnant women with depression.

Sara Carlin killed herself at age 18. There is an inquest into her death and the role pharmaceuticals may have played.

Those words cost GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. a $2.5 million judgment - but ruled out additional, punitive damages, in a Philadelphia courtroom last week.

"Mercy" NBC, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 Episode: "Can We Get That Drink Now" The premise Veronica Callahan has returned from Iraq suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, for which she is taking the antidepressant Paxil.

The documents cited by lawyers representing the family of Lyam Kilker as evidence that GSK knew about the problems with Seroxat back in 2001 Seroxat antidepressant pills.

GlaxoSmithKline Plc must pay $2.5 million over claims that its Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects, a Pennsylvania jury concluded in the first of 600 such cases to come to trial.

Doctors are testing women taking antidepressants at the first symptom of premenstrual irritability, a move critics worry could lead to even more prescribing of a oepsychotropica drugs to women.

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 07/2004 October 07, 2009 Terrifying headlines loomed last week about pregnancy and antidepressants.

How can I make the voice in my head stop? Asked by David, Tucson, Arizona I am a 50-year-old male and have been experiencing a voice talking to me.

The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years.

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Women who take certain antidepressants during the first three months of pregnancy may have a slightly increased risk of giving birth to babies with heart defects.

In a speech last month, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the new Food and Drug Administration commissioner, promised the agency would begin to take a tougher stance on public health risks.

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