66 school shootings due to SSRIs


  SSRI Stories
  As of 2-11-2013

# What Drug Date Where Additional Info
1. School Stabbing Med for Depression 2011-10-25 WA **Girl (15) stabs 2 girls in restroom,
1 in critical condition
2. School Shooting Zoloft Antidepr. & ADHD Med 2011-07-11 AL **14yo. kills fellow middle school
student
3. School Shooting Depression & ADHD Meds 2011-03-18 SC **Teen shoots school official, pipe
bombs in backpack
4. Massacre Plot Prozac WITHDRAWAL 2011-02-23 VA **Teen sentenced to 12 years for
Columbine-style plot
5. Hostage Situation Med for Depression 2010-12-15 France **17yo. w/ sword holds 20 children
& teacher hostage
6. Bizarre Incident Zoloft* 2010-08-22 Australia **School counselor bizarre/manic
7. Knifing/Murder Depression & ADHD Meds 2010-04-28 MA **16yo. kills 15yo. in H.S. bathroom
in 9/2009
8. School Shooting SSRI 2010-02-19 Finland **On 9-23-2008 Finnish student shot
& killed 9 students, before killing self
9. Shooting Threats Celexa Antidepressant 2010-01-25 VA **H.S. senior theatens to kill 4
classmates, Facebook, bail denied
10. Hostage Situation Cymbalta Antidepr. WITHDR. 2009-11-09 NY **Man w/ gun holds principal hostage
11. School/Assault Antidepressant 2009-11-04 CA **Custodian assaults student &
principal, manic from depression med
12. Shooting Plot Antidepressants 2009-09-22 England **2 English boys plot to blow up H.S.
13. School Bomb Threat Med for Depression 2009-06-29 Australia **Vexed father makes bomb threat
against elementary school
14. School Shooting Med for Depression 2009-03-13 Germany **16 dead incl. shooter, antidepr.
use, shooter in treatment for depr.
15. School Knife Attack Depr. & Strattera Treatment 2009-03-10 Belgium **3 dead in school day care, 2 kids
& a caregiver: happened 1-23-2009
16. Shooting Plot Depression Med WITHDR. 2008-08-28 TX **18yo. plots a Columbine school
attack
17. Threat/Lockdown Lexapro* 2008-04-18 CA **Violent H.S. student shot to death
on campus by police
18. School Threat Antidepressants 2008-03-20 IN **16yo. teen brings gun to school:
there is a lockdown
19. School Stabbing Med for Depression 2008-02-29 TX **17yo. GIRL stabs friend & principal
at high school
20. Child Endangerment Antidepressants 2008-02-27 Canada **Wacky school bus driver goes
berserk, also involved painkillers
21. Suicide/Lockdown Med for Depression 2008-02-20 ID **16yo. kills self at high school:
lockdown by police
22. School Shooting Prozac WITHDRAWAL 2008-02-15 IL **6 dead, 15 wounded: perpetrator
acting erratically
23. School Threat Prozac Antidepr. 2008-01-25 WA **Student takes shotgun & 3 rifles
to school parking lot: plans suicide
24. School Shooting Antidepr. WITHDRAWAL 2007-11-07 Finland **Student kills 8, wounds 10, kills
self: high school in Finland
25. School Shooting Antidepr. WITHDRAWAL 2007-10-12 OH **14yo. shooter possibly on antidepr.
or in withdrawal
26. School Suspension Lexapro Antidepressant 2007-07-28 AR **Student has 11 incidents with police
during his 16 months on Lexapro
27. School Threat Wellbutrin Antidepressant 2007-04-24 TN **12yo. threatens to shoot others
at school
28. School Threat Antidepressants 2007-04-23 MS **Student arrested for making school
threat over Internet
29. School Shooting Antidepressant? 2007-04-18 VA **Possible SSRI use: 33 dead at
Virginia Tech
30. School Knife Attack Med for Depression 2006-12-06 IN **Teen knife-attacks fellow student
31. School Stabbing Wellbutrin 2006-12-04 IN **Stabbing by 17yo. at H.S., charged
with attempted murder
32. Hostage Situation Antidepr. WITHDRAWAL 2006-11-28 NC **Teen holds teacher & student
hostage with gun
33. School Shooting Antidepressant 2006-09-30 CO **Man assaults girls: kills 1 & self
34. School Shooting Celexa Antidepressant 2006-08-30 NC **Teen shoots at 2 students, kills his
father: Celexa found on him
35. Hostage Situation Med for Depression 2006-03-09 France **Young ex-teacher holds 21 students
hostage
36. School/Assault Zoloft Antidepr. 2006-02-15 TN **Teen attacks teacher at school
37. School Violence Antidepressant 2005-11-19 AZ **Violent 8yo. GIRL handcuffed by
police
38. School Shooting Prozac Antidepr. 2005-03-24 MN **10 dead, 7 wounded: dosage
increased 1 week before rampage
39. School Violence Paxil 2004-10-23 WA/DC **10yo. has violent incidents at
school
40. Shooting Threat Med for Depression* 2004-10-19 NJ **Over-medicated teen brings loaded
handguns to school
41. School Shooting Paxil [Seroxat] Antidepr. 2004-02-09 NY **Student shoots teacher in leg
42. Shooting Threat Antidepressant 2003-05-31 MI **Teen threatens shooting, charge:
terrorism
43. Shooting/Suicide Celexa 2002-10-07 TX **13yo. GIRL kills self with a gun
44. School Arsons Paxil 2002-04-12 MI **Personality change caused 15yo.
to set fires in H.S.
45. School Violence Celexa Antidepressant 2002-01-23 FL **Violent 8yo. boy arrested at school
46. School Shooting Antidepressant? 2002-01-17 VA **Possible SSRI withdrawal mania:
3 dead at law school
47. Hostage Situation Paxil 2001-10-12 NC **Young man holds 3 hostage in
Duke University President's office
48. Machete Attack Med for Depression 2001-09-26 PA **Man attacks 11 kids & 3 teachers
at elementary school
49. School Stabbings Antidepressants 2001-06-09 Japan **8 dead, 15 wounded: assailant
took 10x his normal dose of med
50. School Shooting Celexa & Effexor Antidepr. 2001-04-19 CA **Teen shoots at classmates
51. Hostage Situation Paxil & Effexor Antidepr. 2001-04-15 WA **Teen holds classmates hostage
with gun
52. School Shooting Paxil [Seroxat] Antidepr. 2001-03-10 PA **14yo. GIRL shoots & wounds
classmate at Catholic school
53. Hostage Situation Prozac/Paxil
Antidepr.
2001-01-18 CA **17yo. takes girl hostage at school:
he is killed by police
54. School Threats Prozac Antidepr. 1999-10-19 FL **16yo. threatens classmates w/ knife
& fake explosives
55. School Shooting Luvox/Zoloft
Antidepr.
1999-04-20 CO **COLUMBINE: 15 dead, 24 wounded
56. Shooting Threat Antidepressant 1999-04-16 ID **Teen fires gun in school
57. Shooting Plot Med for Depression 1998-12-01 WI **Teen accused of plotting to gun
down students
58. School Shooting Prozac Antidepr. WITHDR. 1998-05-21 OR **4 dead, 20 injured
59. Violence/Murder Antidepressants* 1998-05-04 NY **Sheriff's deputy fhoots his wife at
elementary school
60. School Stand-Off Zoloft Antidepr. 1998-04-13 ID **14yo. holds police at bay, fires shots
61. School Shooting Zoloft Antidepr. 1995-10-12 SC **15yo. shoots 2 teachers, killing 1,
then kills himself
62. Murder Attempt Med for Depression 1995-03-04 CA **WOMAN deliberately hits 3 kids w/
car at elem. school & laughed
63. Shooting Related Luvox 1993-07-23 FL **Man kills during Luvox clinical trial:
COLUMBINE drug, never reported
64. School Shooting Antidepressants 1992-09-20 TX **Man, angry over daughter's report
card, shoots 14 rounds in elem. school
65. School Shooting Prozac Antidepr. 1992-01-30 MI **Teacher shoots & kills superintendent
66. School Shooting Anafranil Antidepressant 1988-05-20 IL **29yo. WOMAN kills 1 child, wounds 5,
kills self




** Indicates a school shooting or school incident.
* Indicates a legal case won using SSRI defense.
++ Indicates an important journal article.
+ Indicates a highly publicized case.
num An age < 25 covered by FDA black box for suicide.