Despite the growing skepticism regarding the efficacy of antidepressants, global consumption has increased at an unprecedented rate with unknown implications for society. We estimate the causal effect of this increase on mental health outcomes using an instrumental variable strategy that...

The study anonymously screened patients with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with the novel viral pneumonia (COVID-19) pandemic from June 2020 to July 2020. Effective respondents came from 12 countries and five WHO response areas. Psychosocial factors...

This article describes the causal link between major depressive disorder, suicidal behavior and filicide. The filicide perpetrator is a person affected by major depressive disorder, the passage to the act does not manifest itself as an ordinary delinquent act, but has a specific etiology that...