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When mental health treatment eliminates useful forms of concentration

My antidepressant cleared up my mood but now my mind feels flat and I cannot access the intense focus that my depression used to give me when I was obsessing over problems.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Pharmaceutical interventions can alter the very cognitive patterns that, while painful, provided certain forms of mental acuity and engagement.

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“Where Are You with Attention and focus — the science?”

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