Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307452425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mental Illness Epidemic M. Love At this point, I have only read about 40% of this book. I find the subject so interesting as I was a practicing pharmacist for most of my career. My first employment was at a state mental institution in 1967, This appointment came via a stipend that paid my last(5th) year of pharmacy school. During that 15 month tenu. Psychiatry: A Troubled Past, A Difficult Future Fuad R Qubein Psychiatry : A Troubled Past and a Difficult FutureDuring the Middle Ages a mentally disturbed person was seen as possessed by demons. Thanks to Freud, however, he later demonstrated that using psycho analysis much mental disorder could be treated. In the mid 20th century, there was a trend to cure mental disorders w. A must read for anyone who has a loved one taking neuroleptics John Bell As a physician with 30 years experience I have found modern psychiatry to be a throwback to mediaeval obeisance — its practitioners are white-robed ‘priests’ who practice a religion whose bible is scripted by pharmaceutical firms and whose raison d’être is profit.The strength of this ana
Are long-term recovery rates higher for medicated or unmedicated schizophrenia patients? Does taking an antidepressant decrease or increase the risk that a depressed person will become disabled by the disorder? Do bipolar patients fare better today than they did forty years ago, or much worse? When the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) studied the long-term outcomes of children with ADHD, did they determine that stimulants provide any benefit? By the end of this review of the outcomes literature, readers are certain to have a haunting question of their own: Why have the results from these long-term studies—all of which point to the same startling conclusion—been kept from the public? In this compelling history, Whitaker also tells the personal stories of children and adults swept up in this epidemic. Our nation has been hit by an epidemic of disabling mental illness, and yet, as Anatomy of
A series he cowrote for the Boston Globe on the abuse of mental patients in research settings was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. His newspaper and magazine articles on the mentally ill and the pharmaceutical industry have garnered several national awards, including a George Polk Award for medical writing and a National Association of Science Writers Award for best magazine article. ROBERT WHITAKER is the author of Mad in A
--Donna Chavez . At the very least, it should prod those who take the drugs to question those who prescribe them. From Booklist *Starred Review* When Whitaker (Mad in America, 2002) learned that between 1987 and 2007 the number of Americans disabled due to mental illness more than doubled despite a whopping $40 billion annual psychotropic drug tab, it gave him pause. But the deeper he probed into clinical studies in prestigious scientific journals, some dating back more than 50 years, the more he noticed a shocking anomaly. What with the conclusions Whitaker draws from his assembled literature and the accusations he levels at those who consciously deceive consumers eager for magical cures, his book will either