Bill would expand psychotropic drug prescribing authority without addressing Tennessee’s overmedication epidemic and rising teen suicide rates.
Dr. Jesse Roger Armstrong, 2023 graduate of University of Tennessee College of Medicine, is serving a lengthy federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to distribution of child sexual abuse material.
A new law requires toxicology testing to determine whether psychiatric drugs were present in mass shooters. Supporters say the measure addresses ignored risks of psychotropic medications and challenges the assumption that psychiatric treatment prevents violence.
A Tennessee law now requires toxicology testing for psychotropic drugs in deceased mass shooters to explore links between psychiatric medications and violent behavior, with advocates calling for broader reporting and accountability.
Mari Alexander of the Ross Behavioral Group chain has been federally indicted for willfully failing to remit over one million dollars in employment taxes, falsely representing compliance to staff, and allegedly exploiting her psychiatric enterprise for financial deception, exposing institutional abuse and deficient oversight.