"Mentally ill" people and mass shootings

[calvnandhobbs68]

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Valium is an anti-seizure medication.

Benzos, especially versed, are used in anesthesia. It is totally incorrect to claim that just because a person has been administered a benzodiazepine, that they were "nominally" given a "psychiatric diagnosis."

Valium is used for a lot more than seizures.

 

[EarlyCareerAcademicPsych]

Appreciate the citing of sources above. More information available here:
http://psychiatryonline.org.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/appi.books.9781615371099

 

[thoffen]

To pretend the guy was not mentally disturbed at the time of the assault is asinine. But we couldn't add much as to how. More important is communicating how these kinds of acts are extremely exceptional and have nothing to do with usual mental health care or diagnoses.

Has any professional mental healthcare organization put out a statement?