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New York Times Opinion editor Camille Bromley joins Times journalist and show host Sarah Maslin Nir to discuss the growing debate over long-term antidepressant use and what happens when patients want to stop taking SSRIs. They examine the push for safer “deprescribing,” the gaps in medical guidance for tapering medications, and why some patients say they were not prepared for withdrawal symptoms or long-term side effects. Then writer and educator Peter Schmidt offers a hopeful response to concerns about declining reading scores and digital distraction. He explains how group readings, public recitations, and “sidewalk study” can make books social again and help young people build the attention, community, and love of reading that screens often disrupt.

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