Due giorni prima dell’omicidio era andato dallo psichiatra: che sia un caso oppure è l’ennesimo successo della psichiatria?

Sarebbe ora che cominciassero a indagare sulla connessione tra gli omicidi più efferati ed insensati e il passato psichiatrico delle persone che commettono il delitto.

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Da: estense.com

sabato 9 aprile 2016

De Scisciolo andò da uno psichiatria due giorni prima dell’omicidio

Il 73enne soffriva per lo stato di salute della moglie e assumeva un antidepressivo. Il gip ha disposto il suo ricovero in ospedale

E’ stato portato dal carcere all’ospedale Francesco De Scisciolo, il 73enne che il 5 aprile ha ucciso la moglie malata, coetanea, Elena Salmaso, costituendosi subito dopo. Ieri il gip Piera Tassoni, dopo aver convalidato il fermo del pensionato, ne ha infatti disposto il ricovero presso l’ospedale di Cona in una situazione protetta e sorvegliata.

Intanto i legali difensori dell’uomo, gli avvocati Ugo e Marco De Nunzio e Federico Fischer, hanno rinunciato all’incarico conferito loro dalla famiglia del 73enne, che ora dovrà necessariamente ricorrere alle prestazioni di un nuovo professionista.

Riguardo alla tragica vicenda sembrano emergere particolari che potrebbero essere oggetto di approfondimenti, per arrivare a capire per quale motivo un uomo per bene, che amava profondamente la moglie e abituato ad assistere persone malate (è stato per anni consigliere dell’Unitalsi Ferrara) sia arrivato a compiere un gesto (l’accoltellamento della coniuge nel sonno) che nemmeno lui ora riesce a spiegarsi.

Si apprende infatti che l’uomo – che stava vivendo da qualche tempo con sofferenza la situazione di salute della moglie, colta da ictus invalidante – un paio di giorni prima dell’omicidio si era rivolto a uno psichiatra con l’intento di alleviare il proprio stato depressivo. Psichiatra che avrebbe prescritto a Francesco De Scisciolo l’assunzione di un farmaco antidepressivo, il “Trittico”, il cui principio attivo è il trazodone e fra i cui effetti indesiderati figurano, fra gli altri, “idee suicidarie o comportamento suicida, stato confusionale, insonnia, disorientamento, mania, ansietà, nervosismo, agitazione (che del tutto occasionalmente si esacerbano fino al delirio), delirio, reazione aggressiva, allucinazioni, incubi e altro ancora” (tratto dal foglietto illustrativo del farmaco, ndr).

Durante il colloquio avuto in carcere con i legali De Nunzio, il 73enne aveva ricordato quanto avvenuto senza capacitarsi di come aveva potuto compiere l’insano gesto, facendo ben capire che non era stata sua volontà. Quest’ultimo particolare emerso, dunque, potrebbe essere determinante nello stabilire se in quegli attimi di follia la volontà di De Scisciolo fosse offuscata da una reazione indesiderata al farmaco assunto, o se comunque lo stato depressivo in cui versava l’avrebbe portato comunque a questo temporaneo ‘tilt’ del proprio cervello.

 

Articolo originale

Robin Williams non prendeva droghe psichiatriche suicidarie… anzi sì !!

Contrary to News Headlines, Robin Williams Was on Drugs at the Time of His Death—Antidepressant Drugs

 

“The antidepressant found in Williams’ toxicology test, Mirtazapine (Remeron), has 10 drug regulatory agency warnings citing suicidal ideation.”

By Kelly Patricia O’Meara
November 10, 2014

If news headlines were to be believed about the autopsy findings of beloved actor/comedian Robin Williams, who tragically committed suicide nearly two months ago, no drugs were found in his system at the time of his death, as evidenced by headlines from USA Today, NBC News, the BBC and others proclaiming “no alcohol or drugs” were found. These headlines couldn’t be more wrong.

The medical examiner’s report cites an antidepressant drug was in Williams’ system at the time of his death. The particular antidepressant, Mirtazapine, (also known as Remeron) carries 10  international drug regulatory warnings on causing suicidal ideation.

According to the autopsy results, not only was Williams under the influence of antidepressant drugs, but the powerful antipsychotic Seroquel was also found at the scene and appears to have been recently taken by Williams. While toxicology tests apparently were negative for the antipsychotic Seroquel, the fact remains that a bottle of Seroquel prescribed to Williams on August 4^th,  just seven days prior to Williams’ suicide, was missing 8 pills. The Seroquel instructions advise to take one pill per day as needed. Side effects associated with Seroquel include psychosis, paranoid reactions, delusions, depersonalization and suicide attempt.

The question that has to be asked is why the press continues to promote the idea that no drugs were found in Williams’ system? At what point did mind-altering psychiatric drugs, which have side effects rivaling those of heroin or crack cocaine, stop being called drugs? And for those in the press who did “mention” the fact that Williams was found to have antidepressants in his system, the acknowledgement seems to promote the fact that “therapeutic concentrations” of prescription psychiatric drugs “improved his condition and kept him active until his death.”

This is a highly misleading take on the events leading to Williams tragic suicide, especially in light of the fact that not only was Williams receiving mental health “treatment,” he was under the supervision of a psychiatrist, was not abusing illegal drugs and had not “fallen off the wagon.”

The facts regarding antidepressant drugs are these:

• Food and Drug Administration’s Medwatch Adverse Drug Reports include 470,000 adverse reactions for psychiatric drugs between 2004-2012. The FDA admits only 1% of side effects are ever reported to them, so the actual number of reported side effects is assuredly much higher.

• Mirtazapine (also known as Remeron) carries the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “Black box” warning for suicidality.

• There are ten warnings of suicide associated with Mirtazapine alone and suicide is among the top 2 side effects reported to the FDA on this particular antidepressant

• The FDA’s MedWatch drug adverse event reporting system recorded 411 attempted and completed suicides associated with the antidepressant Mirtazapine alone (and the FDA estimates only 1% of side effects are ever reported to them)

• 90,000 emergency room visits are attributed to psychiatric drugs each year in the U.S.

• 23,755 suicides are attributed to psychiatric drugs each year in the U.S. alone.

• In addition to suicidal ideation, documented side effects of antidepressants by international drug regulatory agencies includehallucinations, delusions, worsening depression, depersonalization, mania, psychosis, self-harm.

Give the above data, one can only wonder why Williams’ psychiatric drug use has effectively been dismissed by reporting organizations. A careful review of Williams’ psychiatric “non-drug” use paints a very different tragic story.

What was found in Williams’ system were prescription psychiatric drugs with side effects that not only rival illegal street drugs, but also carry the FDA’s “Black box” warnings—the federal agency’s most serious warnings—about increased thoughts of suicide.

The fact is that two of the drugs Williams had been prescribed list suicidal thoughts as possible side effects. The Seroquel he was prescribed (and appears to have taken in the week prior to his suicide), and the antidepressant that was still in his system at the time of his suicide.  Moreover, considering the FDA’s Medwatch drug adverse event reporting system recorded 411 attempted and completed suicides associated with the antidepressant Mirtazapine alone (and the FDA estimates only 1% of side effects are ever reported to them), it becomes even more bizarre that the world’s press ignore even the possibility that these drugs could be involved in Williams’ suicide.

The much-loved comedian’s death is a great loss, but the tragedy is further compounded by the mainstream press glossing over the serious and well-known association between suicide and the psychiatric drugs Williams was taking. If only the sentiments from one of Williams’ finest roles in Awakeningshad been taken literally in his personal life: “The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.”

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Kelly Patricia O’Meara is an award-winning former investigative reporter for the Washington Times’ Insight Magazine, penning dozens of articles exposing the fraud of psychiatric diagnosis and the dangers of the psychiatric drugs—including her ground-breaking 1999 cover story, “Guns & Doses,” exposing the link between psychiatric drugs and acts of senseless violence. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed book, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills that Kill. Prior to working as an investigative journalist, O’Meara spent sixteen years on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer to four Members of Congress. She holds a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Maryland.

Fonte: http://www.cchrint.org/2014/11/10/robin-williams-was-on-drugs-at-the-time-of-his-death-antidepressant-drugs/