Anti-depressants and rampage killings

Posted on February 19, 2008
Filed Under All, Politics |

Our friend Sara Bostock was over for dinner last night, and the topic of the role of anti-depressants in rampage killings, like the recent tragedy in Illinois, came up.  Sara, who lost a daughter to suicide shortly after she began taking an anti-depressant, is a founder of ssristories.com which collates public accounts of killings and other events in which anti-depressants may have been involved.

Sara believes the treatment histories and possibly other health records of rampage killers who are also suicides should be made public so that researchers can look for possible links between the use of the drugs and rampage behavior. Spouse Linda wasn’t so sure: she fears making an exception for some health records would be a slippery slope opening the way for more and more private records to be revealed.

I mention this because Sara is quoted in a story this morning in the New York Times, arguing for better access to information about rampage killers and their treatment histories. Sara has also testified before Congress on anti-depressants… 

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One Response to “Anti-depressants and rampage killings”

  1. buy prescriptions on February 19th, 2008 11:01 am

    I agree, there should be a much more open line of comunication between those in charge of the rampage killer information and scientists. I don’t think that anti-depressants should be prescribed to young adults. The negative link between the two is already well known however the FDA continues to allow doctors to prescribe potentially fatal medication.

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