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Deplin, a derivative of folate (vitamin B9), is proving to be a powerful weapon in the treatment of depression.Folate fuels the synthesis of key brain chemical messengers, like serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. Shortages of these chemicals are implicated in major depression and other psychiatric disorders. That's why folate deficiency is linked with depression – and why folate supplements help many depressed people. The trouble is that many individuals can't properly convert folate to the form called L-methylfolate, which is able to pass through the "blood-brain barrier" and enter the central nervous system. For millions of people, ingesting plain folate won't do any good, because it can't get through to the brain.Classified as a "medical food" rather than a drug, Deplin is essentially folate that has already been converted to L-methylfolate, so it can automatically be used to create serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain. Recent data show that combining Deplin ...
A South Carolina man who blamed the antidepressant drug Zoloft in the shotgun slayings of his grandparents when he was 12 years old has pleaded guilty to voluntary m...
Are we overmedicating our kids?
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Long road to recovery
More people without any documented psychiatric condition are taking antidepressants, according to a new study, and some of them are likely receiving little benefit.N...
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A California jury on Tuesday found that a former police detective who blamed the antidepressant Zoloft for his behavior was sane when he abducted and raped a waitres...
A former police detective who blamed the antidepressant Zoloft for his behavior was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and raping a waitress at gunpoint in a bruta...
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A 15-year-old boy who claimed the antidepressant Zoloft ( search ) drove him to kill his grandparents and burn their house down was found guilty of murder Tuesday an...
A judge on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a South Carolina man who blamed the antidepressant Zoloft after the then-12-year-old shot his grandparents to death and se...
A psychiatrist testified at a boy's murder trial Friday that the antidepressant Zoloft ( search ) caused the 12-year-old to kill his grandparents with a shotgun and ...
A teenager who shot and killed his grandparents as they slept is "a shy, decent boy" who was led to kill by the antidepressant Zoloft ( search ), his attorney said a...