Clinical depression

I have suffered through depression for most of my years, especially in middle school and my high school life. But over the course of my high school years I've grown better thanks to my family and friends and talking about my emotions.Contributor: Tabitha TorresPublished: May 17, 2012  

While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises medical doctors to continue their current clinical practice of treating depression in pregnant patients, they have issued warnings about the use of certain class of medications called selective ...  

Depression can strike at any time, and there’s a good chance it could affect you or someone you love. Statistics show that ten percent of U.S. adults will develop depressive symptoms, which can include sleeping disorders, mood swings and suicidal thoughts. Even children are susceptible, with one in 33 suffering clinical depression. Doctors often prescribe antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) to their...  

One in four American women are on prescription drugs for stress, insomnia, anxiety and depression ... authorizes have approved SSRIs and other antidepressants for the treatment of depression, there are doubts about their clinical efficacy.  

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder ... specific symptoms might be helped by treatment with antidepressants for clinical depression and anxiety, sleep medications for insomnia, and other medications to reduce anger ...  

The treatment of clinical depression and anxiety disorders was revolutionized beginning in 1987 with the FDA approval of the first SSRI mediation, Prozac. Since then many others SSRIs and SSRI-like medications have found their way onto the market.