How antidepressants got political

抗抑郁药的争议政治化

Today, Explained

2025-11-21

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More young people are taking antidepressants. And there's a brewing backlash to the meds on the right. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Image credit Mahsun YILDIZ/Getty. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Online, it's easy to find the anti-depressant influencers.

  • The Lexapro girlies, the Lexahos, the Zoloft gang.

  • Girl, take your crazy pills.

  • You know your mentally ill.

  • Just go ahead, take your crazy pills.

  • So I got the prescription for this Lexapro and...

  • I have so much mental bandwidth 24-7 now and I'm just like locked in, geeked up.

  • That's my PSA about my mental health and taking anti-depressants for today.

  • More young people than ever before are taking a class of anti-depressants called SSRIs and this fact has drawn the attention of the public health establishment.

  • Mr.

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  • Coming up on Today explained how anti-depressants got political.

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