Research Findings

Harms are “largely overlooked by psychiatry despite widespread usage,” according to the researchers.

Those aged 18-24 had an increased risk of death within five years on doses above 100 mg chlorpromazine equivalents.

In this new study, exposure to maternal anxiety in utero also harmed child development.

A comprehensive review indicates that children exposed to antipsychotics in the womb face an increased risk of ADHD and developmental delays.

A new study in Frontiers of Pharmacology finds that antidepressant use during pregnancy is linked to reduced motor skills in children at 2 years...

In adolescent depression treatment, those who received a placebo but thought they received Prozac improved more than those who received the drug and knew it.

New data shows that calls to US poison control centers have increased significantly for children taking stimulant ADHD drugs.

Researchers find that SSRIs increase suicide attempts up to age 24, and have no preventative effect at any age, even for those at high risk of suicide.

When comparing kids with the same symptoms who were either diagnosed with ADHD or not, those who received the diagnosis had worse outcomes.

Leading ADHD researchers outline four mistakes that turned ADHD from a description of behavior into a medical disease.

Response and remission rates were the same in the drug versus placebo groups, and Lexapro increased suicidality sixfold.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New research suggests that when parents model emotion suppression strategies in social interactions, their children’s approaches to social engagement may suffer.

In-depth interviews find that those who screened positive for depression did not explain their experience in terms of diagnostic symptoms.

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

Reduced brain volumes due to SSRI exposure in pregnancy was not explained by maternal depression alone.

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

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

Researchers at Johns Hopkins test paroxetine on developing brain cells and discover numerous neurotoxic effects.