Posted on 03/05/2013 12:35:05 AM PST by neverdem
With the Christopher Dorner case, the role of prescription psychotropic drugs in mass killings has again come to the forefront. Numerous articles have approached the role of so-called "psych meds" in causing depraved and indifferent violent behavior, but one in particular deserves attention because it highlights the fact that among psychiatric professionals there is no coherent understanding of what needs to be done after we take people off of drugs that are prescribed for their psychiatric illnesses.
The article -- Jon Rappoport's "Is Christopher Dorner Another Psychiatric Killer?" -- makes a number of important points about the former Los Angeles police officer's mental health. Dorner had been treated for severe depression since 2008, and Rappoport correctly proposes that the drugs Dorner was prescribed to treat his depression were almost certainly among the causes of his seeking violent revenge against members of the Los Angeles Police Department.
But there are problems with Mr. Rappoport's article that need to be addressed. Contrary to his assertion that brain chemistry is not a key to developing psychiatric illnesses, mood disorders and other psychiatric illnesses are in fact directly connected to the brain's ability to produce key neurotransmitters, including the relaxant serotonin, painkilling endorphins and enkephalins, anxiety-preventing GABA, and feel-good catecholamines such as dopamine. When the brain does not receive the necessary nutrients to enable neurons to assemble these neurotransmitters, or when other factors cause neurotransmitter production and transmission to break down, illnesses including depression, anxiety, ADHD, and bipolar illness, among many others, often result. When prescription psychotropic medications are used to treat these conditions, frontal lobe damage often ensues. Recently, the term "frontal lobe syndrome" has been brought into use to describe the effects of prolonged prescription psychotropic drug use that damages this portion of the brain and increases our propensity to act violently...
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>> “Are you disputing the fact that marijuana use is associated with mental-illness, especially in teens?” <<
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Most assuredly so!
The Nixon “Blue Ribbon” commission found that there was no evidence whatsoever of any measureable lasting effect beyond weight gain in a small number of individuals.
Nixon had believed the ignorant myths, and counted on the report to call for strident regulation.
New Support for Link Between Cannabis and Schizophrenia
More Evidence Cannabis Use Linked to Schizophrenia
If yopu like unscientific nonsense and politics masquerading as ‘science,’ Go For It.
The brain you lose will be your own.
IOW..you’re a moron, got it.
Pathetic!
You ought to give your paycheck back because you just made a fool of your self on this thread.
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