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Anatomy of an epidemic magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America  Cover Image E-book E-book

Anatomy of an epidemic magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America

Whitaker, Robert. (Author).

Summary: Presents a controversial assessment of the rise in mental illness-related disabilities and considers if drug-based care may be fueling illness rates throughout the past half century.

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  • ISBN: 9780307452436 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
  • ISBN: 0307452433 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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  • Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: 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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Subject: Mental illness -- United States
Psychotropic drugs -- United States
Psychiatry -- ethics -- United States
Psychiatry -- history -- United States
Mental Disorders -- drug therapy -- United States
Mental Disorders -- epidemiology -- United States
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