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"I think depression is really caused by X, and anti-depressants are really just a placebo" It's tough to quantify the efficacy of AD's, especially given the di
by standardly 4y ago
"I think depression is really caused by X, and anti-depressants are really just a placebo"
It's tough to quantify the efficacy of AD's, especially given the differences in individual neurochemistry, but claiming they don't work at all, or that depression isn't even real, is plain ignorant.
Everyone should be forced to watch Dr. Sapolsky's lecture before commenting on depression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc