[SauronOfMordor]

Of course if these kids were not being medicated and they ended up going on a murdering spree (a la Columbine), these same people would be saying, "Where were the parents? Why weren't these kids getting the help they needed?"

Eric Harris (of Columbine) was on Luvox when he went on his spree

[robertpaulsen]

"Eric Harris (of Columbine) was on Luvox when he went on his spree"

What's your point? That he was getting the medication he needed, or that the medication produced his aggression?

Was Dylan Klebold on anything? What, therefore, can we conclude? Anything?

[Gondring]

Eric Harris (of Columbine) was on Luvox when he went on his spree

So perhaps a drug mix would have prevented the spree?

This whole topic really bugs me, because there are good points made by both sides--but then they get generalized. Drug cocktails really DO work, and many people have given up on meds prior to finding that "magic combination"... yet on the other hand, many patients are on a whole mix of haphazard meds, without a look at how they work together and might be replaced by a simpler combo. And then there's the good old "parenting skills" idea.

Frankly, psychological/psychiatric disorders are culturally defined...that is, what might be considered schizophrenia in one culture might be considered prophetic shamanism in another. If the environment in which children are developing has changed, perhaps "normal" human biology is out of synch with the modern Western world. I have no doubt that the ability to adapt to an industrial, or information, culture is not the same in all people.