An ex-coworker of mine was recently in the news for murdering his roommate. When recounting discussions we've had with said murderer, a friend of mine (who worked at the same company) and I recalled him talking about switching to a new anti-anxiety medication. A mere blip in a random day's experiences suddenly stood out. It's been a few months since this happened, but this most recent shooting stirred this memory again, and got me looking into the correlation between prescribed psychoactives and violence, specifically murder. The numbers are overwhelming. https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/0...tidepressants-can-cause-violence-and-suicide/ mobile.wnd.com/2018/02/media-ignoring-1-crucial-factor-in-florida-school-shooting/ There are a million more articles or studies with similar conclusions. Not suggesting this is a solitary cause, but it is certainly intriguing. Is it safe to say it's a contributing factor, or should I put on a tin foil hat and shut the fuck up?
How could anyone really know how a mind altering drug alters a specific mind? For all my faults I've never been depressed since I moved to Vegas. Thinking back on my times in dreary old Washington I might have eventually tried something. Now I can't fathom it. There's too much money in it and very little concrete proof that one could provide to really limit these drugs. Are they more positive than negative? Who knows?
Much better work at finding a cause and/or solution than "ban bump stocks" well done. I use to work in a mental health hospital and i'd have to say just from observations, the ones that grow up on these meds seem more likely to do crazy shit. Had one guy charge out of his house with an AK-47 and shoot at cops when they were just doing a check up call from his worried mom. He cycled through the ward and constantly had new meds.
Yup. There definitely is a connection. People ignore it though. They ignore any of the mental health aspect to these shootings. I have no idea why
Are you saying that as a country, we *ignore* mental health, or that in context of conversations regarding these shootings, we ignore it?
I've read that the medications are a common thing among many of the mass shooters, too. But I don't think there's some magic bullet involving mental health that is the solution to these mass shootings. Like I've posted before, this latest shooter demonstrated that he could carry out a well planned and deadly attack.
White, male, straight, American-born, generally history of violence against women/girls, easy access to unlimited firearms. Usually middle class or comfortable; you don't hear about too many poverty-stricken mass shooters. In other words, not the people "we" are told to fear.
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Probably because there are tons of mentally ill people out there who DON’T kill people. Just my opinion. I’ll take my chances with a mentally ill person and a sling shot and a hunting knife over an assault rifle anyday. Just my opinion.
That's right! You don't see dogs carrying out these mass shootings. Also I bet all of these shooters were cat owners.
I would like to see a list of how many school shooters had been prescribed antidepressants or other medications for mental health and how many had stopped taking them before the shootings occured.
