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2015-09-20 Science & Technology

Young people on antidepressants more likely to commit violent crime

h/t Instapundit
Young people taking antidepressants like Prozac are far more likely to commit violent crimes and doctors should warn of the dangers when prescribing, scientists at Oxford University have said.

A study of more than 850,000 people in Sweden found that those aged between 15 and 24 were 43 per cent more likely to be convicted of crimes like assault.
There has been a staggering rise in the prescribing of antidepressants in recent years, with around eight per cent of people in Britain now taking medication to combat depression. The vast majority are prescribed a type called SSRIs - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - which include well known drugs like Prozac and Seroxat.

The researchers found that the 84,000 young people taking SSRI antidepressants had committed 2,081 violent crimes over a four year period between 2006 and 2010, around 890 more than would have been expected for the general population.
Don't mess with things you don't understand.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-20 03:35|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 See "Newtown," etal...

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-09-20 10:08|| 2015-09-20 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Just remember, the science was all worked out on this, anything to the contrary was anecdotal and rumor, but the National Health people say it's OK (because Big Pharma tells them so), so shut up and take you pills.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-09-20 10:48|| 2015-09-20 10:48|| Front Page Top

#3 My experience in caring for a friend who takes SSRIs:

90% of the time the drugs work as designed. !0% of the time (without pattern or warning) it has the exact opposite effect of what's expected or desired. Then its like being on a run-away freight train as you try to real him in.

Al

Posted by frozen al 2015-09-20 12:10|| 2015-09-20 12:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, this is a problem. But also 890 is an awfully small percentage of 89,000. And no, we apparently have no idea how SSRIs work, nor why they don't work for everybody who is given them.

But I've seen a young person who didn't get relief from SSRIs experience complete relief in only four hours from Scopalamine. Small risk vs. big reward? I'll take it, knowing that a careful watch is needed in the early stages.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-09-20 12:38|| 2015-09-20 12:38|| Front Page Top

#5 The assailants were all late adolescents or young adults.

and

They were all taking, or were just taking, a particular type of anti-depressant called an SSRI.

Posted by newc 2015-09-20 12:41|| 2015-09-20 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 On the other hand, how many had taken dihydrogen monoxide before committing their offenses?

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-09-20 16:13|| 2015-09-20 16:13|| Front Page Top

#7 With me it was cow milk that opened the way to my dereliction.

Posted by Shipman 2015-09-20 19:08|| 2015-09-20 19:08|| Front Page Top

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