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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
Whitaker, Robert
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Publication Date
c2010
Language
English
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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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Drugs
Drugs -- Prescribing -- United States
Mental illness
Mental illness -- United States
Prescribing
Psychiatry
Psychiatry -- United States
Psychotropic drugs
Psychotropic drugs -- United States
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9780307452412
9780307452429
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