No link between SSRI use and violent crime in over 25s

This is a posting in two connected parts. The article to be reviewed has had the (mis)fortune of attracting considerable press coverage, as its headline finding links the themes of young people, violence, crime, drugs and mental health. Time to sound your Daily Mail claxon or post your bad science alert to Ben Goldacre.

Whilst my approach to the research paper is one framed by objectivity and research quality, my approach to the media coverage will be more pithy but equally important, since the vast majority of public awareness of the scientific paper will be framed by the interpretation of the ‘science journalists’ working in our tabloids and broadsheets.

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