The REAL Reason for the Mass Shooting Epidemic in America - YouTube

backside_attack · 2012-12-27T03:41:23+00:00

He makes an interesting point about antidepressants but then a huge leap to say this is all caused by "bad parenting." This is obviously a very complex issue and will have a complex solution. Including stricter regulation on firearms and a better mental health infrastructure.

oneiorosgrip · 2012-12-27T05:39:42+00:00

Whether the cause is bad parenting or body chemistry, the discussion on SSRIs is interesting.

SSRI drugs have as one of their effects the reduction of anxiety... but they don't necessarily have as another the reduction of symptoms of psychosis. A person with violent or suicidal tendencies would not be alleviated of those symptoms by taking an SSRI drug, but his/her anxiety related to the potential consequences of acting on those symptoms would be reduced.

That's been my theory for years on why patients suffering depression with suicidal tendencies end up committing suicide while taking SSRIs to treat their depression. It isn't necessarily true that the same chemical imbalance causes all of the symptoms of depression... and if the tendency toward or thoughts of suicide are unrelated to chemically-induced anxiety, or chemically-induced depressed mood, the pills could simply make the suicidal person less afraid to die. If fear of death is the thing keeping the individual from acting on those thoughts, then suicide would be likely to follow.

Similarly, in a person whose symptoms included homicidal tendencies, if the thoughts and emotions leading to those symptoms are unrelated to serotonin imbalance, then reduction of anxiety would not reduce those tendencies. Instead of making the person less or not homicidal, the drug could merely make him or her less afraid of the consequences of actions taken, and therefore less afraid to kill.

C0CKPUNCHER · 2012-12-27T07:55:15+00:00

Mass shootings are not increasing.

Title	The REAL Reason for the Mass Shooting Epidemic in America - YouTube
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