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> SSRIs have been subject to extensive testing and approval processes.

SSRIs barely beat placebo and have a significant side effect profile

And this is pretty widely known and accepted among patients, prescribers, and almost anyone that's remotely informed about them.

We keep using them because they sorta work a little, which is better than placebos, even if marginally, and we don't really have better tools.

> e keep using them because they sorta work a little, which is better than placebos, even if marginally, and we don't really have better tools.

Seems we might have now. Psilocybin and ketamine research is looking very promising