>>from the best I can tell there is no consensus on how well SSRIs work among experts. No, this is totally wrong. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-m

>>from the best I can tell there is no consensus on how well SSRIs work among experts. No, this is totally wrong. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-yo... tl;dr: SSRIs have a substantial and clinically significant positive effect on patients with severe depression. The positive effect only decreases in patients with moderate depression, and becomes indistinguishable in patients with mild depression.