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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Anatomy of an Epidemic Magic Bullets Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Author: Robert Whitaker
In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults and children are added to the government disability rolls because they have become newl...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307452412
ISBN-10: 0307452417
Publication Date: 4/13/2010
Pages: 416
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4.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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One of the easiest to understand books on this subject, clearly shows the connection between the rise of psychiatric diagnoses and the marketing plans of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Thoroughly researched, this book will leave you pissed off at the psychiatric industry and their complicity in perpetuating mental illness. Also not spared is the pharmaceutical complex, which is the other major player in the skyrocketing rate of mental illness in this country.
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