Tag: homicide

Researching the Link Between SSRIs and Violence

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In 2010, my 25-year old son was prescribed Prozac for depression. After a psychiatrist doubled his dose, my son became acutely psychotic and had to be admitted to the hospital. Over the next twelve months, during which time he was treated with antidepressants and neuroleptics, my son had five further psychotic experiences. I thought it might be that my son was having difficulty metabolising the drugs.

Sadness: The Problem and The Solution

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There is an ever-narrowing bandwidth of behavior that supports the dominant narrative in our culture today. We all need to act a certain way to protect the foundational beliefs of our time ā€“ that ā€œscienceā€ has it all figured out, that rules keep us safe, and that itā€™s us vs. them (insert germs, terrorists, pests, and other ā€œenemiesā€). But what are the consequences of this? What is this sadness and where does it go if we bandage our consciousness with business, medication, substances, or general avoidance of our real human experience?

Violence Caused by Antidepressants:Ā An Update after Munich Ā 

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The media is now reporting details about the 18-year-old who shot and killed nine and wounded many others before killing himself on July 22 in Munich. My clinical and forensic experience leads to a distinction among people who murder under the influence of psychiatric drugs. Those who kill only one or two people, or close family members, often have little or no history of mental disturbance and violent tendencies. The drug itself seems like the sole cause of the violent outburst. On the other hand, most of those who commit mass violence while taking psychiatric drugs often have a long history of mental disturbance and sometimes violence. For these people, the mental health system seems to have provoked increasing violence without recognizing the danger.

Dear Boston Globe: You Are the Failure You Describe

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When itā€™s come to those seen as wearing the crown of ā€˜science,ā€™ journalists have apparently been instructed (or so Iā€™m told) to simply act as ā€˜translator.ā€™ To question becomes sacrilege, or the act of one who must be ā€˜crazyā€™ (or at least hell bent on destroying their journalistic career).

The FDA Is Hiding Reports Linking Psych Drugs to Homicides

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In my wildest dreams, I could never have imagined being drawn into a story of intrigue involving my own governmentā€™s efforts to hide, from the public, reports of psychiatric drugs associated with cases of murder, including homicides committed by youth on the drugs. But that is precisely the intrigue I now find myself enmeshed in.

On the Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Violence

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One of psychiatry's most obvious vulnerabilities is the fact that various so-called antidepressant drugs induce homicidal and suicidal feelings and actions in some people, especially late adolescents and young adults. This fact is not in dispute, but psychiatry routinely downplays the risk, and insists that the benefits of these drugs outweigh any risks of actual violence that might exist.

ā€œPolice Killed Someone in Mental Crisis Every 36 Hoursā€

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According to an analysis by the Washington Post, ā€œOn average, police shot and killed someone who was in mental crisis every 36 hours in the first six months of this year.ā€ Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum called it ā€œa national crisis.ā€ ā€œWe have to get American police to rethink how they handle encounters with the mentally ill. Training has to change.ā€