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SSRIs May Have Met Their Match—How Mindfulness Is Shifting The Narrative In Anxiety Treatment
In a world where the glamorization of mental illness seems to keep getting worse, researchers think it might be time to ditch those daily drugs and swap out SSRIs for mindfulness.
By Andrea Mew4 min read
I don’t know about you, but I know a lot of people who have been on Lexapro, past and present. It’s the gold standard for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and despite antidepressant prescriptions being at an all-time high, it turns out that SSRIs in general aren’t doing much to improve people’s overall quality of life. In fact, researchers think SSRIs are being overprescribed by clinicians, and up to 85% of people who are on them get the same amount of mood improvement from placebo pills.