Antidepressants can cause ‘emotional blunting’, study shows
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6839P)
Volunteers less responsive to positive and negative feedback after course of serotonin-controlling drugs
Widely used antidepressants cause emotional blunting", according to research that offers new insights into how the drugs may work and their possible side-effects.
The study found that healthy volunteers became less responsive to positive and negative feedback after taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug for three weeks. The blunting" of negative emotions could be part of how the drugs help people recover from depression, but could also explain a common side-effect.
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