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An Uncomfortable Truth: A Look at the Corresponding Rise of Antidepressants, SSRIs, and Mass Shootings
Psychreg.org ^ | January 26, 2021 | Caleb Owens

Posted on 05/27/2022 6:49:44 AM PDT by Perseverando

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To: Perseverando
Confounded data.

The shooter being on SSRIs doesn't necessarily make the SSRI's a problem.

Why was the shooter on SSRI's in the first place?

An there certainly other psychotropic drugs in play here as well: Weed, or other forms of Recreational Chemistry.
21 posted on 05/27/2022 8:05:17 AM PDT by indthkr
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To: varyouga

IMO, it’s because parents started being their kids’ best friends instead of raising their children to be strong upstanding adults.


22 posted on 05/27/2022 8:11:08 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Perseverando

Only a mentally ill person would shoot up a school.

10’s of millions of people take “psychotropic” drugs for a variety of mental illnesses.

The percentage of people on such drugs who shoot up schools is not appreciably different from the percentage of people NOT on such drug who shoot up schools.

Are you a Scientologist, by chance?


23 posted on 05/27/2022 8:12:37 AM PDT by babble-on
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Only a mentally ill person would shoot up a school.

10’s of millions of people take “psychotropic” drugs for a variety of mental illnesses.

The percentage of people on such drugs who shoot up schools is not appreciably different from the percentage of people NOT on such drug who shoot up schools.

Are you a Scientologist, by chance?

No, I am not a Scientologist. I know the definition of a woman (and man.) Why? Are you?

I think mentally ill people get the blame for far too many of the world's problems, while EVIL PEOPLE are rarely blamed for their actions.

Is Biden mentally ill? Pelosi, Klaus Schwab, the Clinton's, Bill Barr, Chris Wray, Milley, Obama, Fauci, Xi Jingping, Bill Gates, Commucrats, etc.?

24 posted on 05/27/2022 8:22:35 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: Perseverando

Has no one breached the subject of marijuana? The common use of this drug in adolescence can cause permanent changes in the brain.


25 posted on 05/27/2022 8:25:48 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: ecomcon
Broken family, single parent, no dad that is engaged; these are the factors that produce most of the reasons that the drugs are used in the first place.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Fatherless households lead to unruly and anxious children. Mothers seek pharmaceutical help in that difficult situation to treat disorders that would not have arisen without half of the parenting team missing.

Dan Quayle was so right in criticizing "Murphy Brown" decades ago. We have reaped the whirlwind.

26 posted on 05/27/2022 8:58:43 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Perseverando

Based on correlation but it should be investigated. Suicide is also correlated with SSRI use (as one would suspect). The real issue is....why is there an increase in SSRI use.

Leftists are way more likely to be depressed or anxious. Think TDS.

Empirical analyses find a modest but significant, common tendency: individuals vulnerable to depression are less likely to identify with mainstream conservative parties, to vote for them, or to place themselves on the right side of the political spectrum (Party Politics. 2021;27(6):1132-1143. doi:10.1177/1354068820930391).

• There is a small but significant 26% increased risk for committing violent crime in individuals who take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) according to analysis of Swedish population data (Eur Neuropsychopharma. 2020;May 29 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.03.024). The overall HR for violent crime while on SSRI treatment vs off treatment was 1.26 (95% CI, 1.19 - 1.34). The increased risk for violent crime decreased once SSRI treatment was discontinued, falling from an HR of 1.37 (95% CI, 1.21 - 1.55) in the first 28 days after stopping treatment to 1.20 (95% CI, 1.08 - 1.33) 29 to 84 days after discontinuation. It fell to a nonsignificant 0.94 (95% CI, 0.88 - 1.01) more than 84 days after stopping SSRIs. The team acknowledges that questions remain over the causality of the relationship between SSRI treatment and violent crime, and it suggests that, in future studies, the “clinical focus should be on high-risk individuals.” Only a small proportion of individuals went on to commit violent crimes regardless of treatment (<3% in the study sample). This effect seems to continue for up to 12 weeks after stopping SSRI treatment.


27 posted on 05/27/2022 9:03:30 AM PDT by consult
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To: Perseverando

Add no father no church low iq


28 posted on 05/27/2022 10:01:41 AM PDT by genghis (Cathinkngact only reason go after puthan 5nu0 inbbiedComlpln)
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To: Sans-Culotte
What the problem is that ‘’suicidal thoughts’’ can be associated with using aspirin.

It's just a FDA ruling manufacturers are required to put on their medications so as to protect themselves from lawsuits.

Similar to the 1964 ruling that made cigarette companies put warning labels about the risks of cancer. The media and conservatives and liberals jump on this as an indictment of anti-depressants and people who do need them and are helped by them are viewed as potential mass murdering time bombs. It's total bs.

29 posted on 05/27/2022 11:42:24 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: Machavelli

Is that you Harry Anslinger?


30 posted on 05/27/2022 11:44:38 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: Perseverando

https://youtu.be/ui8wgo3iI18

Fox News host Tucker Carlson reacts to the politicization of the Texas school shooting in Ulvade, reflects on mental illness and stopping violence in America.


31 posted on 05/27/2022 2:35:26 PM PDT by EBH (Let God Sort Them Out. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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