Do you have any data on the effectiveness of talk therapy for patients with depression? Any data on how long it takes for the patient to experience any noticeable relief?
The strongest results across the board are a combination of therapy and medication.
My personal opinion is to vouch for therapy the most, and push hard against the pill narrative.
But I think it adds to the shame of pills to not acknowledge the potential role many people have for pills.
Now disregarding the "ssris are more effective combined with therapy" i also want to point out that most of the psychedelic studies are also combining therapy. My personal conjecture and perhaps some other peoples would be that drugs can help enable the conditions in which talk therapy is more effective.
The classic example is the mdma ptsd therapy trials. Therapists can't apply cognitive therapy techniques if someone's fight or flight kicks in too powerfully. Drugs can help to bring the person to a state where they can get therapy.
I've also seen this with friends --> deep depression, ssris helped elevate to the point that therapy was more successful than deep depression would otherwise have allowed.