“Antidepressant drugs, known as SSRIs, “might be contributing" to school shootings.”
What FactCheck.org found
Experts say there is no direct evidence linking SSRIs to mass shootings. SSRIs do not have black box warnings for homicidal ideation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HHS Secretary) made this claim around 28 August 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2025, 48 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6377564991112
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