Link between psychiatric drugs and violence cannot be ignored

After the Germanwings Flight 9525 flew into the Alps, the cause of violent and suicidal behaviour has again gone under the spotlight as the search for answers begins.

While there is never one simple explanation for what drives a human being to commit such an unspeakable act, all too often one common denominator surfaces.

That common denominator is prescribed psychiatric drugs, documented to cause mania, psychosis, violence, suicide or mental incompetence that they were prescribed to supposedly treat.