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PENDLETON . - Psychiatrists at a
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mental health facility in Columbia

began mental evaluations Thursday on
Brian Curtis Sheridan, who is charged and collecting evi­
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with murder in the Wednesday stabbing dence at Mr. Sheridan's

No. lI2 apartment, which KeHyDavis One problem is that, like many
death of a 67-year-old Pendleton woman.
Mr. Sheridan, 42, was arrested had been turned Independent·Mail drugs, they may have unpleasant
ide after police to down during the ram· side effects, the Anderson-Oconee··
Brian CUliis Sheridan's state­ Pickens Mental Health Center
that a rmdp man had Earlie Brian page, Pendleton Police ment that he stopped taking hls
Lee to death after she Sheridan Chief Ken Arthur said. counselor said.
medication before his arrest
outside her F4 - for Witll Mr. Sheridan's belong­ Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of The drugs may cause severe dry
beating her car ""ith a baseball bat. murdAr ings, including dishes, a Pendleton grandmother brings to mouth, sluggishness, drowsiness,
Results from Ms. Lee's autopsy, which stereo equipment and the forefront a difficult problem weight gain, restlessness or the jit­
was .conducted Thursday, showed she clothes, had been scattered all through mental health professionals face. ters, she said.
was stabbed more than three dozen the small apartment. A standing air con­ "They just feel like something's
tioning unit also had been ripped from Psychotropic drugs drugs that
times in the neck, face, chest and back, affect chemical disorders in the going to happen, and they don't
fIIw.andersonsc.com Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore the wall, the chief said. know what," Ms. Taylor said of the
evidence will hrain such as schhophrenia, bipo­
lar dhmrder, depression or anxiety latter two effects.
of this week "Another thing that's very
"She had wounds that vilould he satd~ are now very effective, but for a
have meant ir~$!ant death had it been of reasons, it is difficult to to most folks is
he said. can do. decreased libido," she said. Men
some patients on them, psy­
Two - a switchblade nurse and counselor
and a larger knife were recovered at Please see .:1OLbiUmUlJ 5A Priscilla Tavlor said. Please see Patients', 5A

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to achieve orgasm, and men
may sufIer impotence.
Psychiatric patients are
told to consult their therapist
or counselor if they want to
Imp
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get off their medication, but
some feel so confident they
are cured they fail to report

in, Ms. Taylor said.

Another complication is
substance abuse. Mentally ill
addicts often will stop taking
their medicine when they
want to indulge.
"Some will go back on after
they're finished, but some
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won't," Ms. Taylor said.

While the overall mentally
ill population is no more vio­
lent or criminally inclined
than the general population,
mentally ill addicts do have a
higher tendency toward vio­
lence and crime, according to
the U.S. Surgeon General's
office.
The state's Mental Health
Centers make regular
appointments with patients
taldrrg psychotropic medica-
Ms. Taylor said.
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