The thing is, "What works better than SSRIs?" is already known. The post's author had an idea, and the analysis of ~50,000 reviews (not very big data) confirms it by a large margin. SSRIs are not prescribed because they work best, but because they are considered best compromise of many factors including efficacy and safety.
Fascinating reading that, especially that doctors and patients see things completely differently, especially relating to the older class of antidepressents.
http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/30/prescriptions-paradoxes...
The thing is, "What works better than SSRIs?" is already known. The post's author had an idea, and the analysis of ~50,000 reviews (not very big data) confirms it by a large margin. SSRIs are not prescribed because they work best, but because they are considered best compromise of many factors including efficacy and safety.