In the New York Times’ Op-Talk, Anna North interviews Jonathan Metzl about his recent study showing how little gun violence and mental illness are linked, and reflects on some of the potential dangers of society’s obsession with nevertheless linking the two.
Can Psychiatrists Stop Gun Violence? (New York Times Op-Talk, December 16, 2014)
Short answer – no. I’d not be surprised if they didn’t make it worse.
Especially since it’s known the antidepressants cause “mania, suicides, and violence” and the antipsychotics are known to cause akathisia (inner angst).
No, they can’t. The science of their drugs says they can only increase the amount of gun violence.
For that matter, no one else in Govt can do it through bans and prohibitions either.
see Kates and Mauser:
Would Banning Guns Reduce Murder and Suicide? A review of International and Some Domestic Evidence.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
