The American Psychiatric Association (APA) warned people about the possible addiction to ketamine, which is considered as an alternative drug for treatment-resistant depression.
A recent study by researchers at Université de Montréal reveals that antidepressants prescribed to women during pregnancy could increase the chances of giving birth to a baby with birth defects.
Antidepressants should be taken with a lot of precautions.
Researchers find a link between antidepressant use among children and youth, and a higher risk for aggression and suicide.
Children of women who took antidepressants during the last two trimesters of their pregnancy have an increased risk of having autism spectrum disorder, a study suggests.
Finnish researchers have discovered a link between an increased rate of committing homicide and the use of drugs that affect the central nervous system (CNS). Use of tranquilizing benzodiazepines and painkillers carries the highest association with committing homicide, while there was only a slightly greater risk for users of anti-depressants.
