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Re:The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic review o... by swores on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:33PM (#43212597)
> "I'm not sure how useful it is to keep investigating exactly how it works on a chemical level"

It has the potential to be incredibly useful.

Not because there's a benefit to being able to tell patients "this is the technical explanation of how the SSRI we're giving you will help", but because we currently don't have a perfect treatment for depression, and understanding how existing imperfect (but useful) treatments actually work might lead to either creating better SSRIs that are more effective, or to creating non-SSRI treatments that we haven't yet thought of.

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Re:The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic review o... by TZubiri on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:24PM (#43213175)
>treatment for depression

That reads like a treatment for death, or a solution to poverty.

Will you find the answer by doing 100 metastudies and taking advanced chemistry. Or will you find the wisdom by meditating and talking with your dad and priest.

So I'm either an anti-intellectual, or you are a super-lectual.

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