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Yes, while the "moar serotonin = moar happy" explanation of why antidepressants work is oversimplified and wrong in many cases, there is empirical evidence that
by darpa_escapee 8y ago
Yes, while the "moar serotonin = moar happy" explanation of why antidepressants work is oversimplified and wrong in many cases, there is empirical evidence that some antidepressants are effective at treating the symptoms of depression and other illnesses.
- shadowbannedtoo 8y agoI'm to depressed to look it up again, but there was a Psychologist Dr. Irving Kirsh whom used the Freedom of Information Act to study All the studies on antidepressants. He found they didn't work better than Placebo. I looked up the first thing I found on Google. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201802/do-antidepressants-work-yes-no-and-yes-again https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201802/... This is written about Kirsh's study, and it's confusing. Kirsh interpolation of the raw data showed that antidepressants don't work, and work less so for extremely depressed patients. This doctor claims the opposite? Pesonally, I find the research on the efficacy of antidepressants very confusing. To those whom are depressed, I can offer this, it does get better with age.