Psychiatrist Dr. David Healy: SUICIDES/HOMICIDES: THE HIDDEN GORILLA & WHAT WOULD BATMAN DO?

THE HIDDEN GORILLA: Most drugs that can cause suicide, including the antidepressants, mood-stabilizers, antipsychotics, smoking cessation drugs and others, can also cause violence. The akathisia, psychotic decompensation, or emotional disinhibition these drugs trigger that lead some to suicide, lead others to violence (see Healy et al 2006).  Read The Hidden Gorilla…

WHAT WOULD BATMAN DO? Why the bifurcation in 1955? This was the year of the introduction of chlorpromazine. Year on year after 1955 a greater number of tranquilizers (antipsychotics / neuroleptics) like chlorpromazine were consumed by veterans with mental health problems as an ever greater number of these drugs were marketed. These drugs were given to veterans who were depressed, anxious or psychotic – they were not as might be thought now restricted to veterans who were schizophrenic.  Read article…

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