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One of the more recent drug-induced mass shootings, which took place at Fort Hood in Texas, was also linked to SSRIs, though the mainstream media has been reluctant to name which ones. An all-too-familiar scenario, the shooter had reportedly been taking the medications when he suddenly decided to go on a violent rampage, killing everyone in sight before finally turning his weapon on himself for the final kill.
When horrific events like this occur, their connection to pharmaceuticals is routinely downplayed, almost as a matter of policy. It is apparently better to just keep things quiet in order to protect the drug companies, while millions more of our children are prescribed a class of drugs that has the potential to permanently alter their brain chemistry and cause them to commit these and other violent acts.
Expert psychiatrist says more than 4,000 additional suicides occur annually in US and Europe due to antidepressants
According to David Healy, author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in the field of psychiatry, as well as the author of several books, SSRIs are responsible for triggering some 4,000 additional suicides annually in both the U.S. and Europe. This figure is based on clinical trial data that Healy gained access to that was never publicly released, but of which drug companies are fully aware.
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Good grief. Mass shooters could also comprise serial killers who shoot more than 4 people over a period of several years in all manner of locations - serial killers who use guns are actually a specific subgroup of serial killers. That kind of killer is going to have a completely different profile than the rampage killer variety. Hence confining the study to mass shooters who choose a single location. While some individuals who may have the same characteristics as those in the study may kill in multiple locations, allowing in multiple locations also brings in data on too many other types of killers i.e. those with sexual, political or criminal motives.
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When we are discussing mass shooters we are not discussing hood rats that spray and pray and accidentally hit a lot of people.
We are talking about people who go to a public space like a school and shoot until they are stopped or they kill themselves.
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I don't dispute the fact that SSRI's are implicated in suicides, but that for the most part they are not implicated in most mass shootings. What can be said about SSRI's and those who commit mass shootings is that the perpretrators often have a prior history of being treated with SSRI's to address specific psychological disorders, hence psychological disorders are one of the findings common to a percentage of mass shooters. The negative side affects of SSRI's generally present very shortly after beginning the course of treatment and sudden onset suicidal ideation is one of those black box warnings.
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Peter1469 (11-23-2019)