>>771I agree with the sentiment to some degree, but I don't think they make every single person a zombie. It's hyperbolic. The issue isn't that SSRIs are useless, its that theyre over prescribed and general modern medicine around mental health is still pretty early in its infancy.
The shooters and similar are usually people who while maybe have mental illness, are more a product of their environment. Someone just going on a spree shooting just because isn't really a common thing. Instead it's usually people radicalized or just giving into their delusions and regardless of any of that, have failing support systems.
A big thing for me is that most medicine is far behind as well as most the time mental health professionals ignore the actual contextual issues someone faces and generalizes. An incel that goes on to commit mass murder isn't the same as someone whos delusional from schizo disorders. But almost everyone regardless of your issues, will be treated the same by a doctor as the first steps. Even with therapy its like this thou can vary a bit more. Generally thou, in the west at least, CBT therapy is the first choice automatically. This can be detrimental to many people because its focusing on fixing your actions more than anything else. And like someone who experienced massive child abuse being told to just fix their own actions can lead to horrific outcomes for their wellbeing. Just to give an example.
