More than 1 in 10 people in the United States take an antidepressant. And the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant are SSRIs — or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. That includes drugs like Zoloft, Prozac, Lexapro. CJSSIN/iStock/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CJSSIN/iStock/Getty Images More than 1 in 10 people in the United States take an antidepressant. And the most …
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Image by Chip Somodevilla / Getty / Futurism Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the well-heeled crackpot helming our nation’s healthcare system, holds all kinds of screwball beliefs about pharmaceuticals — but his bizarre and incoherent opposition to depression-treating selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is perhaps the most indefensible. Since at least 2023, when Kennedy first launched his long-shot presidential campaign, the …
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Here is a short list of things that have made me cry recently: Trying to explain a scene from “The Lion King” to my mom. Missing my mom when she went back to Ohio after a long visit with me and my baby in New York. Describing to a friend how many New Yorkers volunteer to help me carry the …
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