Clarifying the links between depression, serotonin, and SSRIs

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Awais Aftab
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This post is in response to Erik Hoel ’s post, “If serotonin isn't linked to depression, why do SSRIs even work?” on The Intrinsic Perspective (requires subscription). These issues require some detailed clarification, are of general interest, and have been coming up in discussions quite a bit over th...

This post is in response to Erik Hoel ’s post, “If serotonin isn't linked to depression, why do SSRIs even work?” on The Intrinsic Perspective (requires subscription). These issues require some detailed clarification, are of general interest, and have been coming up in discussions quite a bit over the past year, so I’ll address them here.

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Luiz Pessoa 4mos

Very thoughtful and carefully reasoned piece by Awais Aftab on the link between 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻.