Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior
by boucher on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:42PM
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I am in no way agreeing with the OP, but I do think you misread what they wrote:
>> discontinuation after long-term usage is associated with higher relapse rates [0,1,2]
To paraphrase, those who stop taking experience higher relapse rates than those who continue to take, which is also what you cited:
>> those with continued treatment showed much lower relapse rates
> > Compared with patients whose antidepressants were discontinued, those with continued treatment showed much lower relapse rates (1.85 vs. 6.24%/month), longer time to 50% relapse (48.0 vs. 14.2 months), and lower 12-month relapse risk (19.5 vs. 44.8%) (all p < 0.001).
It literally says that antidepressants work.
> The common belief that these drugs are effective treatments (esp. in the US)…
They diverge from placebo and are effective treatments. It’s not a US thing at all. I don’t know why you think it’s limited to the United States, but then again the rest of your post is full of misinformation.
Please stop parroting this anti-psychiatry nonsense and trying to use studies that say the opposite of the misinformation you’re trying to spread.