In the 1950s scientists discovered the effects of MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) elevated moods in depressed patients. In the late 1950s and early 1960s antidepressant drug therapy was further developed and medications were helping patients...
SSRI Use While Pregnant Now Linked to Autism in Children
(July 22, 2011)
Recent studies found in the Archives of General Psychiatry link antidepressants use by women who are pregnant to autism. In fact, mothers who took antidepressants while pregnant were actually twice as likely to give birth...
Prozac Attributed to Suicides
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently imposed a Black Box Label on all anti-depressant drugs (including Prozac), which is the strongest warning label a drug can receive. This warning discusses the increase in suicidal behavior in...