Anatomy of an epidemic : magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America / Robert Whitaker.
By: Whitaker, Robert.
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BookPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: xi, 404 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307452412 (trade); 0307452417.Subject(s): Mental illness -- United States | Psychotropic drugs -- United States | Drugs -- Prescribing -- United States | Psychiatry -- United States | Psychiatry -- ethics -- United States | Psychiatry -- history -- United States | Mental Disorders -- drug therapy -- United States | Mental Disorders -- epidemiology -- United States | Mental illness -- United States | Psychotropic drugs -- United States | Psychiatry -- United StatesDDC classification: 616.89 Booklist starred, April 2010
Examines long-term case studies on mental illness in the United States and the effects of psychiatric drugs, covering the published results of these studies as well as alternative programs that are producing positive outcomes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-393) and index.
A modern plague -- Anecdotal thoughts -- The roots of an epidemic -- Psychiatry's magic bullets -- The hunt for chemical imbalances -- A paradox revealed -- The benzo trap -- An episodic illness turns chronic -- The bipolar boom -- An epidemic explained -- The epidemic spreads to children -- Suffer the children -- The rise of an ideology -- The story that was...and wasn't told -- Tallying up the profits -- Blueprints for reform.
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