"But a day after the shooting, Kennedy did appear on Fox News, where he announced he was directing studies into the use of antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade asked Kennedy, Are you going to be examining it all, some of the drugs that are used in order to make that transition happening, to see if it plays a role?"
"Because we also know there was a trans shooter in the Tennessee situation. We are doing those kind of studies now at NIH. We're launching studies on potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence, Kennedy replied. There are black box warnings on some of these psychiatric drugs that warn about in clinical trials that they saw suicidal and homicidal ideation, Kennedy said."
Robert Kennedy Jr. denied blaming antidepressants for the Minneapolis Annunciation Church shooting during a heated exchange with Sen. Tina Smith, who accused him of attributing school shootings to antidepressants. Kennedy insisted he never blamed that shooting and called the accusation dishonest. A day after the attack, Kennedy appeared on Fox & Friends and said he was directing NIH studies to examine whether antidepressants, including SSRIs, could contribute to violent behavior. Kennedy cited existing black-box warnings about suicidal and homicidal ideation from clinical trials and said NIH is launching studies into potential contributions of these psychiatric drugs.
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