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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Popular psychiatric medications were released without adequate testing.
Chapter 3: Psychiatric drugs can trigger serious side effects and lasting dependence.
Chapter 4: As more psychiatric drugs appeared, mental disability rates in America soared.
Chapter 5: Excessive prescribing of psychiatric drugs can leave many patients in worse shape.
Chapter 6: When these drugs arrived, the field of psychiatry was already in crisis.
Chapter 7: Psychiatry rebranded itself to look more medically authoritative.
Chapter 8: Drug companies still team up with psychiatrists while the public foots the bill.
Description
Anatomy of an Epidemic (2010) traces the development of mental health medications and the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and the field of psychiatry. These blinks bust the myths we’re told about such drugs, and, in the process, may make you question the wisdom of fighting psychological ills with a panoply of pills.
Who Should Listen
- Readers with mental health issues in their family
- Citizens concerned about public health conditions
- Legislators and civil servants