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This is a terrible article. It leads with a random three paragraph anecdote about coming off an SSRI. This is a pretty well-known and well-documented phenomeno
by peteretep 10y ago
This is a terrible article.
It leads with a random three paragraph anecdote about coming off an SSRI. This is a pretty well-known and well-documented phenomenon, and contributes nothing to a discussion of their safety.
And then:
> But many experts believe these drugs
> do more good than harm
Followed by a quote of someone saying the opposite, and nothing more to back that statement up at all.
> Many SSRI users report blunted emotions
That's kind of the point
> “They should be called anti-sex drugs
> rather than antidepressant drugs,” says
> Jon Jureidini, a *child* psychiatrist
Seriously? They're quoting a paediatric psychiatrist on the effects on libido of anti-depressants. Just a thought: if you're a child psychiatrist and your patients are having lots of sex, there may be other issues affecting their mental health.
The article gets no less sloppy. Clickbait is clickbait even when wrapped up to look vaguely scientific.