Tag: anatomy of an epidemic

Providing sanctuary (alternative to hospitalization in community)

In these days with limited access to mental health facilities, and when in-patient or out patient treatment might be focused on invasive treatments and not on recovery, you may be tempted to "provide sanctuary" for a friend or family member who is experiencing serious mental health challenges. Many of you have probably already done this. ... [click on title for the rest of the post

The Rise of Psychopharmaceuticals

clouds with bottles of pharmaceuticals for The Rise of Psychopharmaceuticals 1987-2010

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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