Shane Clancy family urged him to continue treatment with Lundbeck's Citalopram Cipramil

extract from Prof David Healy report on Shane Clancy



source - http://www.nicepear.tw/gt/view/cps-11/id-28181 page 11

"In my opinion in a similar fashion citalopram can induce thoughts that are alien to the individual concerned so that it becomes difficult to state with trust even when a person has clearly taken their own life that they intended to do so in the ordinary sense of that word opening up the question of an open verdict or verdict of death by misadventure. The data on treatment induced akathisia emotional blunting and psychotic decompensation noted above are all consistent with a diminution of what is commonly termed mens rea.









Such a verdict receives support in this case from the fact that after his suicide attempt both Mr Clancy s doctor and his family failed to recognize citalopram as a source of his problems. The definite message from his doctor and implicit message from his family was that he should continue on treatment. These messages may have over-ridden any intimation he had that the drug was making him worse.







Assuming the issue of whether Shane Clancy killed Sebastian Creane is not in dispute we can apply the same perspective to the question of whether this might have been considered a murder had Mr Clancy survived and could be charged with an offence ...."