Posted by stan_the_man70 on January 21, 2016, at 0:56:21
In reply to MD Grace E. Jackson (Author), posted by stan_the_man70 on January 20, 2016, at 22:45:04
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http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Epidemic-Bullets-Psychiatric-Astonishing/
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Paperback August 2, 2011
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http://www.amazon.com/Mad-America-Medicine-Enduring-Mistreatment/
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Another book by same author - also good reviewsMad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Paperback May 25, 2010
by Robert Whitaker (Author)*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. Given their widespread usegreater than even that of cholesterol-lowering drugshe had believed that psychopharmaceuticals were magic bullets, knocking mental illness out of the game, returning formerly disabled people to the ranks of productive citizens. 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. Psychiatric drugs have repeatedly been shown to worsen mental illness, to say nothing of the risks of liver damage, weight gain, elevated cholesterol and blood sugar, and reduced cognitive function they entail. The reality, he says, is that, because no one knows what causes mental illness, theres no cure or palliation to be found in these pills. 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 blow the lid off a multibillion-dollar industry or cause him to be labeled a crackpot and, perhaps, medicated into obscurity. At the very least, it should prod those who take the drugs to question those who prescribe them. --Donna Chavez --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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