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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America | Robert Whitaker

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The award-winning author of Mad in America presents a controversial assessment of the rise in mental illness-related disabilities that considers if drug-based care may be fueling illness rates throughout the past half century.

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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America | Robert Whitaker

This guy makes some serious leaps in his arguments, and there are holes all through his reasoning. I'm not saying that some of this isn't reasonable and supported by research, but he has a long way to go before convincing me he has no agenda...

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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America | Robert Whitaker

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This is a well-researched book about the dangers of commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. From drugs for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and more, doctors freely prescribe them for years with little follow-up. The author states that these drugs cause permanent changes to the brain.

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