The stereotype of the crazed homicidal gay person is an old libel.

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13. Perhaps Yes. One of his family members called the police. SSRIs had nothing to do with it.

According to what I've read one of his family members called the police with concerns about him. I can tell you from personal experience with my schizophrenic brother that it's incredibly difficult to get the authorities to take action which might deprive a private citizen of their liberties. This is by design in our system because, in the past and currently, monarchs and governments have imprisoned/imprison people on the flimsy excuse that one was mentally ill and so it was for their benefit.

As to the thought that SSRIs may have contributed to his rampage that is just not supported by the evidence and studies of people on SSRIs. People on SSRIs are no more violent or psychotic than the general population. Sure, you can find anecdotal cases where people on SSRIs have done horrible things. Perhaps this is one. Statistically though, the vast majority of people on SSRIs have positive benefits from their use of SSRIs.

Sure, the SSRIs do come with warnings and risks. Maybe you should consider the warnings and risks of Tylenol then. Tylenol causes more than 300 deaths a year and it's available OTC. link: http://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-behind-the-numbers

So don't even begin to blame a vary effective set of medications for one incident.