Anti-depressants

Feeling Low But Scared Of Medication? Research Reveals How Anti-Depressants Can Help Reduce Stress

The study reveals Delta opioid receptors (DOPs) have been linked to the development of depression and other mental illnesses. 

May 08, 2023, 21:46 PM IST

Mental Health: How effective are anti-depressants? New study creates flutter

A new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry has raised questions on the effectiveness of anti-depressants on depressed patients. However, there is much more to the study than what meets the eye.

Aug 20, 2022, 15:00 PM IST

Anti-depressants raise hip fracture risk in elderly: Study

Australians are among the highest users of anti-depressants in the world, with approximately 10 per cent of the adult population taking them each day.

Jun 04, 2019, 12:06 PM IST

Scientists reveal why anti-depressants may not work for everyone

So far there are no clinical assessments that can predict with a high degree of certainty whether a particular patient will respond to a particular antidepressant.

Dec 31, 2017, 14:31 PM IST

Depression medicine may help relieve untreatable migraine pain

Drug is used to induce general anaesthesia but also provides powerful pain control for patients with painful conditions in lower doses.

Oct 23, 2017, 19:11 PM IST

Anti-depressants could take a toll on your newborn's health

The risk is high enough to merit caution in their use, especially since, in most cases, they are only marginally effective, the study says.

Jan 19, 2017, 17:41 PM IST

Popular antidepressant neither safe nor effective for teens

Depressed teens shouldn't take the widely used antidepressant paroxetine as it is neither safe nor effective, as per a reanalysis of an influential study originally published in 2001.

Sep 20, 2015, 17:34 PM IST