Major depressive disorder (MDD) is among the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting approximately 330 people worldwide.

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It’s become common to talk about and SSRIs (short for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of antidepressants) the way people talk about supplements: a passing mention, a joke in a group ...

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A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research has found that a simple brain measurement taken before treatment begins may predict which patients will experience sexual dysfunction from ...

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Soumerai is a professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School. Lu is a professor at the Sydney Pharmacy School of the University of Sydney. While his war on vaccines may be getting more ...

For more than a century, nitrous oxide—better known as “laughing gas”—has been used to dull pain in dentists’ offices and operating rooms. However, a growing body of research suggests this familiar ...

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