soulful sepulcher: Book of the Year: Person of the Year: Robert Whitaker : Anatomy of an Epidemic

Robert Whitaker has authored a book that challenges the mind with regard to the medication treatment paradigm the U.S. embraces with all of its might. The book, Anatomy of an Epidemic is a must read for patients, doctors and anyone remotely involved with mental health.

Whitaker challenges you, the reader to consider:

"The astonishing increase in the disability numbers during the past fifty years raises an obvious question: Could the widespread use of psychiatric medications--for one reason or another--be fueling this epidemic? Anatomy of an Epidemic investigates that question, and it does so by focusing on the long-term outcome studies in the research literature. Do the studies tell of a paradigm of care that helps people get well and stay well over the long term? Or do they tell of a paradigm of care that increases the likelihood that people diagnosed with mental disorders will become chronically ill?"

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