Prozac and crime: who is the victim?
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.
Mason
Susan E
SE
Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, New York 10033, USA. masonse@ymail.yu.edu
D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019548:Crime Victims; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D008297:Male; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D005473:Fluoxetine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors