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originally posted by: RazorV66
a reply to: andy06shake
Terrible, sad story.
I am speculating, but is the suspect possibly suffering from mental illness?
Years ago in this country and probably in the UK as well, people that were mentally unstable were locked up.
Now they are all running the streets.
Flame me, I don’t care but until mental illness is given the top priority that it needs, senseless killings like this one will continue.
If Liberals in this country can continue to demand abortion rights, I demand mental illness rights to be addressed.
The issue is never addressed.
Drugs can make you more unwell and more likely to try and harm yourself or take your own life. There is also some evidence that using some drugs may cause mental illness for the first time. For example, research has shown that cannabis can increase your chances of developing psychosis or a psychotic disorder.
Cultural and social context weigh more heavily in causation of depression. In the same international studies cited above, prevalence rates for major depression varied from 2 to 19 percent across countries (Weissman et al., 1996). Family and molecular biology studies also indicate less heritability for major depression than for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia (NIMH, 1998). Taken together, the evidence points to social and cultural factors, including exposure to poverty and violence, playing a greater role in the onset of major depression.