California Clinic Comes Under Increased Scrutiny After Suicide
An article for the Los Angeles Times, entitled âHis 83-year-old Wife jumped to her death from a Kaiser clinic- why?â tells the story of Barbara Ragan who stepped off a roof in front of her mental health clinic with traces of Xanax, Prozac and an antidepressant in her blood.
Trial Over Suicide and Texting Lays Bare Pain of 2 Teenagers
From The New York Times: Michelle Carter, a 20-year-old woman, is currently being tried for urging her boyfriend to kill himself via text message. According to...
“Largely Ineffective and Potentially Harmful”
In this interview for SciLogs, Dr. Michael P. Hengartner critiques the current research on antidepressant drugs and the state of biological psychiatry.
"One has to realize...
Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Adult Suicide?
From From Insults to Respect: It is commonly assumed that antidepressants increase the risk of suicide in children and young adults, but not in adults...
âPsychiatric Drugs a Proven Menaceâ
Brian Daniels writes in the Belfast Telegraph that the role of antidepressants in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash needs to be investigated. âThe safety...
A University Ethics Scandal Turns Into a Business Opportunity
From City Pages: In a 2014 University of Minnesota research scandal, a young man was coerced into an experimental drug study conducted by his psychiatrist that...
âPolice Killed Someone in Mental Crisis Every 36 Hoursâ
According to an analysis by the Washington Post, âOn average, police shot and killed someone who was in mental crisis every 36 hours in the first six months of this year.â Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum called it âa national crisis.â âWe have to get American police to rethink how they handle encounters with the mentally ill. Training has to change.â
Lawsuit Over a Suicide Points to a Risk of Antidepressants
From The New York Times: The recent trial of Wendy Dolin, whose husband died of suicide after starting the antidepressant paroxetine, demonstrates our need for more...
