Citation

Mason SE. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 2002; 72(3): 445-455.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

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Abstract

Prozac has been cited in more medication defense criminal cases in the United States than has any other psychotropic drug. In the majority of these cases, defendants are arguing that they are the victims of the drug. Defendants assert that they are victimized by their own involuntary intoxication or that of witnesses and crime victims who have been adversely influenced by Prozac. This article reviews 12 criminal cases in the United States in which Prozac victimization is a salient theme, and it calls for mental health professional organizations to intervene in a growing legal conundrum. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2002. Copyright © 2002 by the Educational Publishing Foundation, the American Psychological Association)

Medication
Drug Related Crime
Drug Use Effects
Substance Use Effects
CRime Causes
Adult Crime
Adult Offender
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