FACTS
PSYCHOTROPIC “SIDE EFFECTS”
Some psychotropic drugs have “side effects” that include suicide and homicide.
117%
INCREASE
in psychiatric drug prescriptions in the US between 1999 and 2013
24%
INCREASE
in the suicide rate in the US from 1999 to 2014—coincidence?
41
MILLION AMERICANS
are on antidepressant drugs
65
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
that killed or injured 693 people over 3 decades were by individuals on or withdrawing from psychotropics
409
DRUG WARNINGS
on psychiatric drugs include the risks of self-harm, suicide, violence, aggression and homicidal ideation
END PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE
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