Research Findings

Mark Horowitz and David Taylor provide advice on how to tell the difference between antidepressant withdrawal and depression relapse.

“Efforts to improve learning in children with ADHD should focus on obtaining effective academic instruction rather than stimulant medication.”

Risk of depression increased when children were taking methylphenidate for ADHD, but once they stopped taking the drug, depression risk dropped to normal levels.

Withholding antipsychotics may be beneficial for memory, the researchers write.

A new study finds that newborn babies experience antidepressant withdrawal after birth if their mothers take SSRIs when pregnant.

Throughout the past two decades, studies have warned of increased suicide rates in those taking antidepressants, especially in children and adolescents. Researchers also documented...

Researchers discuss the evidence that antipsychotic medications may cause brain atrophy in children, whose brains are still developing.

Medical researchers present evidence that ADHD is overdiagnosed in children and teens, which can lead to significant harm.

Researchers have found further evidence that the anticholinergic effect of psychiatric drugs can lead to cognitive impairments.

Bias and financial conflicts in antidepressant trials “contribute to systematic underestimation of risk in the published literature.”

A new study explores feelings of belongingness as a protective factor for childhood trauma and adult mental health outcomes.

New study finds that Medicaid enrolled youth were 14 times more likely to be on an antidepressant in 2014 than in 1987.

According to researchers, children are being increasingly prescribed multiple different psychiatric medications.

The article suggests that research challenging the evidence for ADHD drugs does not lead to changes without public campaigns.

Researchers find improvements in stress-related outcomes among middle school students exposed to a school-based mindfulness training program.

Noted antidepressant researcher, Michael Hengartner, summarizes the latest research on the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents.

A new special issue brings together articles exploring the harmful effects of simultaneous multiple medication use.

A new article reviews studies in the field of nutritional psychiatry and how nutrition can prevent and treat mental health issues.

Depression, serious psychological distress, and suicide attempts have risen substantially since the early 2000s among young adults – what’s changed?

Twice as many teenagers with ADHD experienced severe psychosis when taking Adderall, as compared to Ritalin, according to a new study.

Teacher’s personal wellbeing plays a role in students’ mental health outcomes, suggests a new study.

A new as-yet-unpublished trial of duloxetine (Cymbalta) for fibromyalgia has presented more evidence of suicidal events in teens.

Neuroscience researchers find no differences in brain connectivity between children with diagnoses of autism, ADHD, and those with no diagnoses.

Yale study finds that training parents how to react to child behaviors is as effective at reducing anxiety as providing therapy to the child.

A new study has found that children and adolescents taking a high dose of antipsychotics are almost twice as likely to die of any cause than children on other types of medications.