The Origin of SSRIs (Part 1) | This Podcast Will Kill You #182

Since first hitting the shelves nearly 40 years ago, SSRIs have become one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antidepressants around the world, as well as one of the most discussed and misunderstood. This and next week, we tell the story of SSRIs in two parts. In Part 1, we explore the origins of these medications and their predecessors, a surprising journey that takes us back millions of years and across the animal kingdom, and one that proves that John Green was right - everything truly is tuberculosis. How did we get from tuberculosis to Prozac? Tune in to find out. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu Erin Welsh, Ph.D. is a co-host of the This Podcast Will Kill You. She is a disease ecologist and epidemiologist and works full-time as a science communicator through her work on the podcast. Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, Ph.D. is a co-host of This Podcast Will Kill You. She’s an epidemiologist and disease ecologist currently in the final stretch of her family medicine residency program. The Exactly Right podcast network provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for fans of true crime, comedy and popular culture. Created by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, hosts of the hit podcast My Favorite Murder, the ever-growing Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics and points of view, serving highly engaged audiences everywhere. Subscribe to the Exactly Right Channel!    / exactlyrightmedia   Follow This Podcast Will Kill You on Instagram:   / thispodcastwillkillyou   Follow Exactly Right on Instagram:   / exactlyright   Follow Exactly Right on Twitter:   / exactlyright   Follow Exactly Right on Facebook:   / exactlyrightmedia   Follow all Exactly Right podcasts: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com