I'll make it an Anatomy of an Epidemic day and put John Breeding's youtube video review of the book here today too. Comments from youtube: Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America Comments by John Breeding Dr. John Breeding give a book review of Anatomy... Continue Reading →
The Rise of Psychopharmaceuticals
The Rise of Psychopharma 1987-2010 ~~ by Mary Ackerley MD, MDH who is a Harvard and Johns Hopkins trained board certified psychiatrist. She now practices holistic psychiatry. Robert Whitaker's brilliant book Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America asks a simple question. Why , if psychiatric drug treatments are so efficacious, has the number of people on disability for mental illness more than tripled in the last 25 years?

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