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35. This, though, is a chicken and egg problem. Were the antidepressants a factor in the

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 09:47 AM

Dec 2012

behavior, or were the antidepressants insufficient to overcome a behavior that was already there? The list of incidents doesn't really show anything, other than that the shooters come from a subset of society that has at some point been identified as having mood problems, and the shooters were given or took medication. That isn't really surprising.

I don't know if there is any way to do a real scientific study on this.

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The "evidence" is beyond stupid. Betsy Ross Dec 2012 #1

Maybe... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #2

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The FBI indicated some years back, for Klebold and Harris, one was a manic depressive and the other AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #7

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