Tag: SSRIs
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The chemical imbalance theory was always a marketing line
The serotonin theory of depression was popularized to sell SSRIs, not because the evidence supported it. The drugs can still help — but the story was never science.
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Antidepressants don’t work as well as we’ve been told for decades
The marketing said ‘chemical imbalance.’ The trials say something more modest. Antidepressants help some patients meaningfully — and many far less than advertised.