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.

Record details

ISBN: 0307452417
ISBN: 9780307452412
Physical Description: xi, 404 p. ; 25 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-393) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 explained -- The epidemic spreads to children -- Suffer the children -- The rise of an ideology -- The story that was . . . and wasn't told -- Tallying up the profits -- Blueprints for reform.