The post's author actually did an analysis of customer reviews of antidepressants. http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/30/prescriptions-paradoxes-and-perversitie

The post's author actually did an analysis of customer reviews of antidepressants. http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/30/prescriptions-paradoxes-and-perversities/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/30/prescriptions-paradoxes... The thing is, "What works better than SSRIs?" is already known. The post's author had an idea, and the analysis of ~50,000 reviews (not very big data) confirms it by a large margin. SSRIs are not prescribed because they work best, but because they are considered best compromise of many factors including efficacy and safety.