The age of rage
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A news story appeared in Telegraph India regarding anabolic steroids
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A news story appeared in Telegraph India regarding anabolic steroids
Ramesh takes anabolic steroids — synthetic derivatives of the hormone testosterone — and doctors believe that Avinash was prescribed the drugs by a quack after an illness. Research has shown that in some people — especially those with a family history of psychotic illnesses — steroid drugs can trigger aggression. “This seems to have happened in the case of Avinash,” says Om Prakash, associate professor of psychiatry at IHBAS.
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Ramesh doesn’t like strays. The 30-something doctor from Mumbai kicks street dogs whenever he sees them. His violence is not limited to dogs. One day, he beat up a constable who stopped him from crossing a green light because the traffic was being blocked for a minister’s car.
“I’d beat up my wife, family members, neighbours and even my patients if they annoyed me,” he says.
Avinash, 21, surprised his family when he suddenly started pelting his neighbours with stones. His worried parents admitted the boy from western Uttar Pradesh to the Institute of Human Behavioural and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi.
Ramesh and Avinash have something in common with Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee track star, who was released on bail on Friday after being jailed for allegedly killing his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in his mansion in Pretoria.
On the night of the shooting, Pistorius, or Blade Runner as he was popularly called, was said to have been in the possession of anabolic steroids.
Ramesh takes anabolic steroids — synthetic derivatives of the hormone testosterone — and doctors believe that Avinash was prescribed the drugs by a quack after an illness. Research has shown that in some people — especially those with a family history of psychotic illnesses — steroid drugs can trigger aggression. “This seems to have happened in the case of Avinash,” says Om Prakash, associate professor of psychiatry at IHBAS.
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