/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9535/all en /newsroom/channels/news/speeding-ssris-269228 <p>For people suffering from depression, a day without treatment can seem like a lifetime. A new study explains why the most commonly prescribed antidepressants can take as long as six weeks to have an effect. The findings could one day lead to more effective and faster acting drugs.</p> Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:14:11 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32138 at /newsroom