How a class of medicines changed the language of mental health.
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The history of antidepressants does not move in a straight line from mechanism to cure. It is a history of observation, changing diagnostic categories, persuasive theories, and treatments whose public meaning often exceeded what science could cleanly explain.
This episode approaches that history with care—following the evidence while keeping patient experience at the center.
The finished episode will pair narrative reporting with primary-source research, archival material, and conversations with people close to the story.
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