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I've been seeing those headlines for years. They always do studies on it.

Here's an article from a few years ago where they talk about it.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201802/do-antidepressants-work-yes-no-and-yes-again

Basically they think that if you have mild or moderate depression SSRI's are no better than placebos. If you have severe or worse depression they may help.

I'm not a doctor but I think that they don't even know what causes depression. A study 50 or so years ago said they think it might be because of serotonin. Since then a lot research and drugs have been assuming that the cause of depression is serotonin. Here's the thing, they aren't sure if they are right. It's just the current prevailing theory.

If you scroll farther in the study they say this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/8/6/AAdVIJAADeji.jpg

So again, not a doctor, but is the study actually saying SSRIs don't work at all? Or is it saying "hey maybe Serotonin wasn't the problem. It may help some people but it may hurt even more. Maybe we need to fund more research into potential causes of depression."