alt Hacker News> SSRIs do not have the same level of supporting evidence, and the effects are not as durable.
To the extent that we can measure depression, SSRIs have been widely proven in gold standard phase III clinical trials to help with the treatment of major depression. What exactly is supposed to be lacking in the supported evidence?
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avianlyric • yesterday at 10:25 AM
GP is talking about using SSRIs for treating arachnophobia, not depression.
Unfortunately many of the trials look like this : https://study329.org/ - the ghost written study concluded “Paroxetine is generally well tolerated and effective for major depression in adolescents.”
The reality of the actual trial data was very different - with catastrophic results for many.