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18. I agree with that!

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #17)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 06:53 PM

Dec 2012

Doctors should NOT PRESCRIBE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS to people that own guns.

Not sure if there is a list of senseless mass murders that happen without medications. Obviously there were some mass murderers before psychiatric medications, but generally by older people. I think most of the issue is with those under 25 years old. And suicidal thoughts have been linked to SSRIs. There would need to be a large scale study to actually prove the linkage between improper anti-depressant use and mass murders in those under age 25, but there will never be such a study.

Japan is much more careful about anti-depressant use, for the very reason that violent thoughts can occasionally occur with their use.

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for a listing of violent crimes linked to psychiatric medications [View all] Celebration Dec 2012 OP

No. The problem is NOT the pills. It's screening and follow-up, PDJane Dec 2012 #1

it IS the screening and followup Celebration Dec 2012 #2

sorry, anti depressants don't turn people into mass murdering psychopaths... dionysus Dec 2012 #3

can you imagine the outcry if, instead of "Prozac" in that database green for victory Dec 2012 #5

the OP is a bunch of bullshit. dionysus Dec 2012 #6

How so? Each article (that i've clicked anyway) is directly sourced green for victory Dec 2012 #8

and here come the Scientologists! Union Scribe Dec 2012 #4

no shit... like vultures descending, the woo brigade moves in to pick meat from the bones of dionysus Dec 2012 #7

I don't get it, are you suggesting there not be a discussion of one green for victory Dec 2012 #9

Indeed. This is exactly when the woo-woo artists ply their trade. n/t backscatter712 Dec 2012 #15

Good post. rainlillie Dec 2012 #10

People go on those meds for a reason. Are they over-prescribed? Possibly. Are GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #11

I feel that they are sometimes necessary and worth the risk Celebration Dec 2012 #12

I have a young son who is on Prozac. He is sooo much better for it. The thing is, you can't really GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #13

there is now an objective test for serotonin syndrome Celebration Dec 2012 #14

This is good to know. We need more objective measurements in dealing with mental health care. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #16

Where's the list of violent crimes commited by people NOT on psychiatric medications TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #17

I agree with that! Celebration Dec 2012 #18

Studies show a direct link between psychotropes.. ananda Dec 2012 #19