During the past ten years, we have read or heard about mothers who became violent and, in bizarre ways, killed one or more of their children. Many of these women were prescribed anti-depressants following the birth of a child and the onset of a post partum depression (PPD). In many cases, these mothers have been described as loving, caring, and well functioning women who were given prescriptions for antidepres-sant medications, especially one of the serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) types such as Prozac® or Zoloft®.