SSRIs are able to work because they selectively inhibit the reabsorption, or reuptake, of serotonin into nerve cells in the brain. The higher level of serotonin that becomes available promotes the ...

SSRIs block this process of reuptake, which increases serotonin levels in your brain. That enables the brain to continue using serotonin to connect more dots as we go about everyday tasks.

Patients deserve education on what’s happening in their brain, and how a drug like an SSRI might work to help. Depression during pregnancy and in the months following birth is a serious barrier ...

However, the available data suggests such guilt is not warranted. The panel failed to address the latest neuroscience behind depression, how antidepressants work in the brain and the biological ...

SSRIs block this process of reuptake, which increases serotonin levels in your brain. That enables the brain to continue using serotonin to connect more dots as we go about everyday tasks.

Like all drugs, SSRIs carry both risks and benefits. But research shows that the benefits to pregnant patients outweigh the risks of the SSRIs, as well as the risks of untreated depression.

The panel failed to address the latest neuroscience behind depression, how antidepressants work in the brain and the biological rationale for why doctors use them in the first place.

The panel failed to address the latest neuroscience behind depression, how antidepressants work in the brain and the biological rationale for why doctors use them in the first place.