By Ralph Lopez
Psychiatrists have come forward to assert that certain psychiatric medications, such as those known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), are almost certainly the chemical cause of a high number of instances of random violence and suicide in which SSRIs have been present.
The research challenges the pharmaceutical industry’s defense that the high correlation between random violence and the presence of these medications is due to the mental illness itself, not the drugs being prescribed for the illness. Other critics of the industry claim that drugs tend to be too aggressively marketed and over-prescribed.
The media has reported that the suspected shooter in the Sandy Hook multiple killings, Adam Lanza, was possibly on some form of psychiatric medication, perhaps related to a reported diagnosis of a form of autism, a developmental disorder that affects social and communication skills. Authorities have yet to make a statement on what, if any, p
Gargantuan hailstone measuring more than six inches across sets Texas record during storm that caused a billion of dollars in damage
An enormous hailstone measuring between 6.27 and 6.57 inches was recorded in Hondo, Texas, during a fearsome storm Wednesday
The stone was pictured next to a quarter for scale, and it was measured by a Pennsylvania State University professor of atmospheric sciences
Hail as big as softballs smashed through roofs and destroyed car windows across Texas and Oklahoma during Wednesday s storm
It s believed to have caused more than $1 billion damage
The storm s supercell was measured as a staggering 64,000 feet tall
Mundelein was 10th among the Illinois schools with over $1.4 million, Libertyville 14th at nearly $1.25 million and Waukegan 18th amassing almost $1.2 million. Scholarships also went to students from Deerfield, Lakes, Stevenson, Highland Park, Antioch, Warren and Grayslake North high schools.
Release date: Jun 08, 2021
Giving away 20 advance reader copies of Serious Little Catholics, a seriously funny memoir about growing up in a great big, super religous family.
Serious Little Catholics follows Kathy Gereau, the oldest of seven children, as she grows up in the mid- 50s and 60s and makes her way through Cathol
Serious Little Catholics follows Kathy Gereau, the oldest of seven children, as she grows up in the mid- 50s and 60s and makes her way through Catholic school alongside her siblings. Initially, she buys into the mysteries of faith and the litany of rules being spouted by the Sisters of Mercy. But when her fourth grade teacher tells the class that Kathy s sweet little Protestant grandmother would never be admitted into heaven, she begins to question the rigid dogma of the church. Later, she discovers that not all boys are as goofy as her brothers and struggles with the notion that it is a woman s responsibility to discourage men from the plague of im