Tag: Violence and Mental Illness

Statement of APA President in Response to Florida Shooting

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APA President Jessica Henderson Daniel has released a statement on the recent school shooting in Florida emphasizing the lack of correlation between gun violence...

No, It’s Not Because He Was ā€˜Mentally Ill’: Why Tragedy Struck...

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49 people died in a club in Orlando, Florida at the hands of a man who is now dead, too. In only a few hours time, he destined himself to be forever made infamous as one of an increasingly long line of 'shooters' that have sent our nation on a desperate search for who or what to blame. I never met this particular 'shooter,' but in my teens I did meet one. Here's how that went.

GSK to Face Class Action over Antidepressants for Children

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A Sydney, Australia law firm has launched a class action on behalf of people who as children and adolescents were prescribed Glaxosmithkline'sĀ drug Paroxetine. Despite...

Antidepressant Made Germanwings Co-pilot “Panic”

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Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz wrote, in a desperate, final email to his psychiatrist two weeks before slamming his A320 jet into the French Alps...

Free from Harm? Reflecting on the Dangers of the White...

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ā€œAnd so what we should be thinking about is our responsibility to care for and shield them from harm and give them the...