“The fears can be very real for our kids,” explained Dr. Carolina Zerrate. “Oftentimes their neighborhoods are not safe, their streets are not safe and their families can feel unsafe.”
When we got into RAISE, the attitude was that you can recover. They believed that you’ll always have schizophrenia, but that you can also recover and have a normal life with it.
Assuming a shooter is ‘sick’ in some way "continues the stigmatization of people with mental disorders who commit only a small portion of acts of violence in this country,” Dr. Paul Appelbaum says.
Dr. Michael First, an expert on benzodiazepines, said that he believes the drugs would be more likely to fuel impulsive aggression than premeditated behavior.
Dr. Michael First, an expert on benzodiazepines who teaches psychiatric medicine, said the reason he was prescribed the drug in the first place "may have more to do with why he did what he did."
