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by enraged_camel 3845 days ago
>>from the best I can tell there is no consensus on how well SSRIs work among experts.

No, this is totally wrong.

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-yo...

tl;dr: SSRIs have a substantial and clinically significant positive effect on patients with severe depression. The positive effect only decreases in patients with moderate depression, and becomes indistinguishable in patients with mild depression.