A few days ago, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) produced its annual report on deaths during or following police contact. The most prominent statistic was that: There was a considerable rise in the number of apparent suicides within two Continue reading Post-Custody Suicides
In 2002, 20 years after the Falklands War, it was reported that: “More (UK) veterans have taken their own lives since the South Atlantic conflict ended than the number of Servicemen killed in action.” This information came from SAMA (the Continue reading The Armed Forces, PTSD and Antidepressants
Mr Robin Balmain (Coroner for the Black Country) For those unfamiliar with English geography, the Black Country is an area west of Birmingham that gained its name in the mid 19th century due to the smoke from the many thousands Continue reading Coroner’s Progress 4 (Robin Balmain)
(updated April 2015) Yesterday at Manchester Crown Court, former hotel manager Paul Stones (38) was found guilty of the apparently motive-less murder of his beloved 58-year-old mother Marian, with whom he lived in Eagley, near Bolton. He was sentenced to Continue reading Murdered by Sertraline?
Recently, the BBC TV documentary series Panorama exposed cases of birth defects brought about by the anti-epilepsy drug Epilim, and the antidepressants Seroxat and Citalopram. The programme is available to watch on YouTube. With timing that is unlikely to Continue reading Post-Natal Depression and Antidepressants