I wonder how many of these recent mass-murderers WERE being treated and were taking prescription anti-depressants. I know several people that are on them (some since childhood) and I think some anti-depresants can CAUSE people to have crazy irrational thoughts and possibly even permanentaly alter the brain. You will never hear anything about this in the mainstream media since the pharma companies are MAJOR advertisers. There is a good Frontline episode entitled “The Medicated Child” that goes into some of this but really focuses on young children. What happens when they become adults though? There is a lot of information on the web about this – such as: