Reposted from Leonie Fennell’s Blog – An Irish gal whose courage and relentless pursuit of justice for the people who have been harmed or lost their lives due to psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. Someone I admire very much.
A report published this month by ScotSID (Scottish Suicide Information Database) makes for very interesting reading. It specifically looked at deaths by suicide in Scotland between 2009-2015, the deceaseds’ contact with mental health services and more importantly, the psychiatric drugs that were prescribed to them beforehand.
Interestingly, I remember (after Shane’s death) trying to find similar information in Ireland, only to be told ah sure, we couldn’t ask families such personal information. It just wouldn’t be right – and sure if the drugs were dangerous, no-one would prescribe them. You think? I’ll park the aul sarcasm there for now.
Continue reading at Leonie’s Blog…