Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0307452425
ISBN 13
9780307452429
Category
Psychology
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Pages
432
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Description
In this book, journalist Robert Whitaker claims that psychiatric medications may be contributing to a mental health epidemic in America. According to Whitaker, the research supporting the use of common medications such as neuroleptics and benzodiazepines is not as conclusive as psychiatrists commonly claim it to be, and these medications have been sold to the public as "magic bullets" when in fact they are no such thing. He cites a long history of studies questioning the efficacy of psychiatric drugs that have been systematically ignored by psychiatrists and by the press. At the end, he describes approaches to treatment in other countries that rely less on medication and yield better patient outcomes.
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