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Anatomy of an epidemic : magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America

text Anatomy of an epidemic : magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America

Summary

Presents a controversial assessment of the rise in mental illness-related disabilities and considers if drug-based care may be fueling illness rates throughout the past half century.

Contents
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 exp... Read more
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Description
xi, 404 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Crown Publishers 2010

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 616.89 WHI in Adult Non-fiction Available

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