ABLECHILD: ABC Pushes Mental Health, Ignores Failed Prozac Treatment in Veteran Suicide

ABC Pushes Mental Health, Ignores Failed Prozac Treatment in Veteran Suicide

Republished with permission from AbleChild.

As a nod to Veterans Day, ABC News Prime Focus with host Aaron Katersky reported on the mental illness that apparently crippled Matthew Livelsberger, the 37-year-old Army Master Sargent and Special Operations soldier who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International in Las Vegas last New Year’s Day. As usual, ABC, like all mass media, refuses to address the truth surrounding mental health “treatment.”

ABC’s Katersky mentions mental health several times during the eight-minute segment but, oddly enough, fails to ask simple but necessary questions. The gist of the segment was to bring attention to mental health issues suffered by military personnel, with Livelsberger as the example of a soldier’s need to seek treatment.

In fact, Katersky explained that “ABC News spent six months investigating someone who served his country and battled with the invisible wounds of war” and that Livelsberger was “a man in crisis.”  Perhaps, but one wonders if ABC News spent six months investigating Livelsberger, why didn’t host Katersky tell the public what mental illnesses Livelsberger had been diagnosed with?

Seriously. Rather than just yap on and on about “mental illness,” why not actually share what Livelsberger suffered from? Afterall, six months is a long time to investigate, and all the public is allowed to know is he was “a man in crisis?”  Clearly, the military veteran was in “crisis” as his violent and suicidal actions last New Year’s Day are plenty of proof that Livelsberger was suffering.

And the US Army reported that “Sgt. Livelsberger had access to and used the POTFF program; he did not display concerning behavior at the time and was granted leave.” POTFF is a special program designed to assist military personnel under strain, including mental wellness, physical fitness, holistic health and spiritual health.

The Army says Livelsberger was just fine and approved his leave back to the US for the holidays. But apparently, all was not well and after injuring six and killing himself at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, it was later reported in the news that Livelsberger suffered from mental health issues, including suicidal ideations and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Clark County Coroner reported that Livelsberger tested positive for THC (Marijuana) and the antidepressant Prozac. That’s interesting. Why didn’t Katersky discuss the toxicology findings?

Prozac (fluoxetine) is a mind-altering drug used as “treatment” for major depressive disorder. Prozac is an SSRI and like all antidepressants carries a black box warning for suicidality – that very same mental disorder that Livelsberger suffered from. Is it possible that Livelsberger was suffering from an adverse reaction to the drug? Plus, had Livelsberger ever had any medical tests conducted to reveal if he had suffered any brain injuries in combat? It apparently never occurred to Katersky in those six months of investigating to ask that question.

Why didn’t Katersky explain that Livelsberger had PTSD and was “treated” with a mind-altering drug? Further, if Livelsberger was suffering from PTSD and suicidal thoughts, what other drugs had he been prescribed? And did the coroner actually conduct all the necessary drug tests that would have provided that information? And why didn’t Katersky want to know this information?

Katersky obviously was communicating with the military about Livelsberger, so did Katersky even bother to ask what the soldier’s mental health diagnoses were and what were the drugs he had been prescribed as “treatment?” It’s well known that the military “treats” its members with psychiatric drugs…often cocktails of them. So, this wouldn’t be a stretch to simply ask how the military was “treating” Livelsberger’s mental illnesses and how long had Livelsberger by receiving mental health “treatment.”

What’s odd about the ABC News show is that it apparently never occurred to anyone working on Prime Focus to inquire if Livelsberger may have suffered a traumatic brain injury at any point in combat. This is important because another mass shooting was carried out by an honorable military veteran, Robert Card, in Lewiston, Maine.

Card had been acting oddly, and his command sent him for a psychiatric evaluation and was prescribed drugs as “treatment.”  The fact is Card had spent his time in the military as an explosives instructor and had suffered from a traumatic brain injury and yet he was sent for a psych evaluation. It defies logic that Card’s command would not consider a medical situation, maybe concussion, as a reason for a change in the soldier’s behavior.

It’s no secret that the suicide rate in the military rises nearly every year. In 2022 an average of 17.6 suicides occurred every day which is nearly double the rate of civilians. Between 2019 and 2023 there was nearly a 40% increase in psychiatric diagnosing with more than 541,000 service members receiving a mental health diagnosis. 

Again, one must wonder why ABC News Prime Focus didn’t delve into Livelsberger’s mental health history, including the drugs he had been prescribed and why, perhaps, did the host, after six months of investigating, fail to inquire whether Livelsberger may have suffered from a real medical condition – a traumatic brain injury?

The fact that ABC News Prime Focus is still just yammering about mental health and providing no specifics about the veterans diagnoses and prescribed drugs, is proof that the drugging is out of control and the modern mental health model is a complete failure.

Because modern mental health “treatment” (diagnose and drug) is such a failure, letting the public know what these warriors are facing with mental health “treatment” in the military can’t be allowed. No. The public must never know any specifics about the psychiatric diagnosing or the mind-altering drugs prescribed as “treatment.” All the violent/suicidal behavior is about our fighting force’s mental health. That’s all the public needs to know.

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