Antidepressants lead to emotional blunting in users: now it is finally clear why In many cases, antidepressants do what they are supposed to do. But that comes at a price in some patients. Scientists now know why they feel emotionally blunted. Depressed people feel down and no longer enjoy the things they normally enjoy. To solve their problem, they take antidepressants. In the Netherlands, approximately one million people are prescribed these drugs every year. This makes it one of the most commonly used drugs. Yet half of the users have a nasty side effect: they feel emotionally dulled. Scientists now think they know why: the resources have an effect on reinforcement learning, or our ability to learn through reward.
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