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Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Mad in America Bad Science Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Author: Robert Whitaker
Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world’s poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. The widespread ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465020140
ISBN-10: 0465020143
Publication Date: 5/25/2010
Pages: 368
Edition: Second Edition
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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