Were the killings at Virginia Tech a result of better drugs, and medicines? Was he the result of better medicine? Sort of like a super bug or infection? Bread by the new Psychology, and new drugs? Why now? There has never been a time when this has occured? Really ask yourself is it a result of societies being ill or just one person? Are we as much to blame for the killings? Did the new Psychology fail or did it create this new strain of killer?
2007-04-19 18:20:11 · 4 answers · asked by mr bliss 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Are the killings at Virginia Tech a result of a new breed of killer or a new breed of psychology? Was this a catastrophic failure by the mental health system or was it the result of careless doctors who over medicate with drugs that are dangerous....
2007-04-19 18:36:44 · update #1
You know...-I DON'T believe that Society's problems have gotten worse in this Country. There may be MORE people with problems- simply because there are MORE people (over 300 million) among us now. So the proportion of problems are going to go up with the # of people. And then there's the "Instant Media" we have today. We're bombarded with "breaking news" from anywhere in the World now- SO it AWAYS seems like bad things are going on (& so they HAVE been- but we didn't hear about them right away...). So I'm not convinced that things are getting worse. Maybe we're just letting ourselves get overwhelmed by too much sensory Information...
2007-04-19 18:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Joseph. Also, semiautomatic guns are common today, so you can kill a lot more people that when you had to stop and reload all the time. I do think psychiatric drugs can set some people off, but not in THIS way. The punch out a family member way. I think we are a less violent society than there has been in all of history, really.
2007-04-19 19:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I sure ain't taking any of the rap for the shootings.
In retrospect one can think of a hundred ways it "could" have been prevented....being mindful of the space time continuum paradox.
A few more days we will be eyeballing Kindergarten Teacher.
Can't provide security without taking away freedom.
it's not easy to get somebody locked up in psych unit and compelled....forcibly if necessary.....to take meds.
But person has to be a bit over the top.
sullen is not over the top.
2007-04-19 19:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its societies pressures of being perfect, elite, ect.
if someone isn't perfect people shun them and when the person doesn't feel perfect the lose self esteem.societies demands to be successful & perfect is extremely unhealthy
2007-04-19 18:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by aorton27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋