To view original article click here Post and Courier Nov 16, 2001 Sixteen months ago, Brooke A. Jewell crept into a young woman's unlocked apartment in Mount Pleasant, took one of her kitchen knives, waited for her to return from the swimming pool and raped her. He left her bound with an electrical cord. Jewell pleaded guilty Thursday, and Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham … [Read more...] about Guilty Plea to Rape Charge Draws 21 Years in Prison — (Post and Courier)
Celexa (citalopram)
Antidepressant may stop the need to shop — (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
To view original article click here The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle By Robin L. Flanigan Monday, April 23, 2001 Stanford University researchers are studying whether a pill can squash the urge to splurge. The drug - sold under such trade names as Celexa, Cipramil and Seropram - is a member of the newest class of antidepressants called selective serotonin … [Read more...] about Antidepressant may stop the need to shop — (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
School shooter used antidepressants — (San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE)
To view original article click here San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE By Alex Roth, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 19, 2001 Psychiatrist says pills Hoffman took are safe The student accused of wounding five people with a shotgun at Granite Hills High School had been seeing a psychiatrist before the shooting and had been prescribed two antidepressant medications, his attorney … [Read more...] about School shooter used antidepressants — (San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE)
Prozac’s House of Horrors — (Idaho Observer)
To view original article click here Idaho Observer by Ingri Harkins April, 2001 The Back to Basics column was started in August 1999 as a way of helping people treat their biochemical imbalances without drugs. The idea was to assist people gently in discovering how their body works in health and disease without incurring too much expense buying multi level marketing potions or … [Read more...] about Prozac’s House of Horrors — (Idaho Observer)
The Downsides of Prozac — (Harvard Magazine)
To view original article click here Harvard Magazine by Craig Lambert May-June 2000 Photo by Jane Reed Joseph Glenmullen, M.D., author of Prozac Backlash Like many others, Elizabeth Wurtzel ’89 and Lauren Slater, Ed. M. ’89—the authors, respectively, of Prozac Nation (1994) and Prozac Diary (1998)—suffered “Prozac poop-out”: the drug’s mood-altering … [Read more...] about The Downsides of Prozac — (Harvard Magazine)
Woman distraught by custody fight accused of killing sons — (The Associated Press)
Original article no longer available Matty Curry The Associated Press Note: SSRI Stories Editor Rosie Meysenberg has confirmed that this woman was taking Celexa and was in a 7 day withdrawal at the time of the incident RICHARDSON, Texas ¬ A second-grade teacher, distraught over a custody battle, strangled her two sons and then tried to kill herself two days later, … [Read more...] about Woman distraught by custody fight accused of killing sons — (The Associated Press)
Fatal Attraction : Obsessions: He was a successful doctor and inventor, but ultimately, he succumbed to the siren song of Hollywood. In the end, Steve Ammerman’s dream–and his weakness for drugs–may have killed him. — (Los Angeles Times)
To view original article click here Los Angeles Times CHUCK PHILIPS and CARLA HALL | TIMES STAFF WRITERS October 23, 1995 Stephen W. Ammerman had already made it. He was a doctor, a person who saved lives in emergency rooms, an inventor, a business owner. But he wanted something else and he would risk his life to get it. If his dreams had come true, he would have … [Read more...] about Fatal Attraction : Obsessions: He was a successful doctor and inventor, but ultimately, he succumbed to the siren song of Hollywood. In the end, Steve Ammerman’s dream–and his weakness for drugs–may have killed him. — (Los Angeles Times)