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by Robert Whitaker

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Robert Whitaker

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In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. In what is perhaps Whitaker's most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects.

In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an a.Such an important book, that looks at how we have treated mentally ill folks through the centuries." and in keeping with eugenics, that strangely flawed notion.

Robert Whitaker is a science journalist and the author, most recently, of Mad in America. He has won the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association of Science Writers' Award for best magazine article. He was a finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, considered journalism's top prize. His long fascination with South America began in the late 1970s, when he built.

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Robert Whitaker’s articles on the mentally ill and the drug industry have won several awards, including the . He is also the author of The Mapmaker’s Wife and The Lap of the Gods. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Robert Whitaker’s articles on the mentally ill and the drug industry have won several awards, including the George Polk Award for medical writing and the National Association of Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article.

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Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. The widespread use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s gave way in the 1950s to electroshock and a wave of new drugs. In what is perhaps Whitaker's most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects.A haunting, deeply compassionate book-now revised with a new introduction-Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of "insanity," and what we value most about the human mind.

Vivados

Very well written and informative book. Had to read it for neuroscience and it was a break from the regular material we dealt with (g-protein coupled receptor anyone?)

Sometimes it was difficult to read, in an emotionally moving way.

If you don't know anything about the history of mental illness in America THIS is the book to read.

Yes, it becomes a bit opinionated and antidrug industry, but if you don't come to that conclusion on your own then your just a pharma shrill or a delusional physiatrist.

Wetiwavas

There is a lot of interesting information here, but it's repetitive, somewhat poorly organized, and perhaps even a bit skewed in certain areas. Though I am in agreement with the great majority of what the author says, I have the distinct feeling that something was left out somewhere along the way. Still, there are many jaw dropping facts worth knowing. They are, sadly, a part of American history - more recent history than most of us may realize.

This book is solely about Schizophrenia, which of course covers a wide range of problematic behavior, but do not expect any info on other, less severe forms of mental illness. Definitely worth the read if you're interested in this sort of thing. Academic in tone.

Marg

A cautionary, compelling, frightening story of the mistreatment of the mentally ill by many of those entrusted with their care.

Vojar

Read this book before stepping foot in a psychiatrist's office, or taking any medication for any kind of emotional distress. Psychiatry is nonsense, and the sooner it falls into the dustbin of history, the better.

Xwnaydan

Having dealt with the mental health system for years while caring for a schizophrenic son, words can't express my gratitude to this author. FINALLY, someone is telling the truth about the American mental healthcare system and psychiatry, which is fraught with outright deceit and callous indifference to the suffering of the mentally ill. I can attest to the ugly truth about antipsychotic medications, having witnessed it firsthand. I regret that I didn't read this book years ago, before I knew something was horribly wrong with the information perpetuated by the people I've relied on to "help" my son.

Malalanim

This is a really great book about the history of mental heath in America, the developments in psychology, and failures of the system. This is a great look at the policy decisions (and lack of) surrounding mental health.

Otiel

If you or anyone in your family or friends suffers from some form of debilitating mental breakdown, you must read this book and become active in changing one of the great horrors of our times. See more and more in the second book Anatomy of an Epidemic. We actually used to have decent treatment and help in this country over 100 years ago. One horror too many is that psychiatry in the US lead the way in Eugenics which the Nazi's took up complementing us on what we had done with The leading support of our major industrialists like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Mary Hartman widow of the railroad baron Edward Harriman and great universities like Harvard, Yale and other Ivy league Colleges. They all marveled at the expertise the Nazi's showed in refining what had begun here. The lies involved are beyond anyone's suspicion. While open eugenics ceased at the end of WW2, at one point several years ago, there was a move brought forward in NIMH to approve what was called the “violence initiative” experimenting with drugging young mostly black and Hispanic children siblings of delinquents. In most public and some private psychiatric facilities, we create many drugged zombies who upon learning the rules follow them sufficiently to be released; not cured, not much better, and dependent in so many ways revolving in and out costing us billions with no benefit to those suffering.

Sad, but informational book. It was a supplement book for my abnormal psychology class, and I found myself referencing it long after the class was over. I learned a lot as I read this. Worth a buy!

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