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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

by Robert Whitaker Author

In the past twenty years, the number of disabled mentally ill people in the United States has tripled. In this work, Robert Whitaker begins to tackle and expose this astonishing epidemic in our country. One of the main questions he asks, however, is why isn't this happening anywhere else? Follow Whitaker as he explains the ways in which the use of psychiatric medications are affecting us and the ways in which we can affect change.