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msmurdock t1_ivrndpv wrote

Reply to comment by Fit-Rest-973 in New study (n=276) finds that a standardized mindfulness program is as effective as a common antidepressant (Escitalopram) at treating anxiety, with both treatments leading to about a 30% reduction in symptoms. by fotogneric

True, that's what was hoped when SSRIs were first introduced in 1987.

Then came much better research, trials, and a plethora of different medications as well as new science that allowed us the ability to study genetics and brain scans etc.

We have slightly more info 36 years later.

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MegaChip97 t1_ixyi81m wrote

Yet we actually still don't really know how SSRI work, even though the name (and most prescribing psychiatrists) act differently.

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