While I think there is a combination of reasons for these types of actions (the secularization of society, desensitizing people to violence or moral duty, and the like), this is an issue that is pushing many to despair by numbing the conscience and increasing the will to act on evil thoughts. TAKE NOTE that the following is a bit of Scientology propaganda… where psychiatry and all drug prescribing are seen AS the culprit. But you can dissect this “all-or-nothing” view and use some of the info from this presentation.