Vance addresses mental health crisis in mass shooting discussion
At a Wisconsin event, Vice President JD Vance highlighted America's high psychiatric medication usage compared to other nations.
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Following a tragic church shooting in Minnesota that claimed two children's lives, Vice President JD Vance and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have sparked controversy by suggesting links between mental health medications and violence. Vance described the shooter as 'mentally deranged' and emphasized America's disproportionate psychiatric medication consumption.
Kennedy announced plans for NIH research into potential connections between SSRIs and violent behavior, though he provided few specifics. Police officials confirmed no prior mental health confinement records for the 23-year-old shooter.
This conservative narrative faces scientific opposition, as 2019 research found no causal relationship between psychotropic medications and school violence. Mental health advocates defend SSRIs' suicide prevention benefits, while Democrats maintain that gun accessibility remains the primary concern in mass shooting prevention.
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