about anti depressants from reaching the ears of the judges in
Missouri. Not that the judges in New York, California, Massachusetts
and the rest of the US have heard much either.
[From article]
The teenager's defense attorneys had argued for a sentence less than
life in prison, saying Bustamante's use of the antidepressant Prozac
had made her more prone to violence.
[. . .]
Bustamante began taking the antidepressant drug Prozac after a suicide
attempt on Labor Day 2007 at the start of her eighth grade year.
Her dosage of the medication had been increased just two weeks before
she murdered Elizabeth. Bustamante's attorneys presented evidence from
a psychiatrist who testified that Prozac could have been a 'major
contributing factor' in the slaying — a theory rejected by a
prosecution psychiatrist who insisted there was no scientific evidence
of Prozac causing homicides, or even increasing aggression.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Mother of murdered nine-year-old sues mental health clinic that
treated teenage girl who choked and stabbed her daughter
Patricia Preiss sued Pathways Behavioral Healthcare and two employees
Alyssa Bustamante was 15 when she killed Elizabeth Olten in 2009
Sentenced to life in prison in February without possibility of parole
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Daily Mail (UK)
UPDATED: 16:54 EST, 29 October 2012
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