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2022-07-24 Science & Technology

Antidepressants do work, insist top doctors as they hit back at bombshell study which found there was no 'convincing evidence' of a link between low serotonin and mental illness

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-24 08:11|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 From someone with experience: "However, the medications do help a fair number of people (relatively) quickly and a lot, and a further percentage are helped partially. ... So usually, worth a try. Sometimes they do magic. But depressions are indeed different."

Posted by James 2022-07-24 16:22|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2022-07-24 16:22|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Very true.

pharmaceutical companies, who embraced this pop-psych explanation as a marketing assist, and with doctors who don't spend the time on a better explanation.

Sums it up nicely.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-24 16:28|| 2022-07-24 16:28|| Front Page Top

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