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

Title:

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

Author:

Whitaker, Robert.

Format:

Book

Institution:

MCPHS Boston

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 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.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

MCPHS Circulation - Boston Campus
RC443 .W437 2015 – Available

• Available Temporarily at MCPHS Reserve Desk - Boston Campus
  On reserve for BEH350 Abnormal Psychology (BEH (Behavorial Sciences): Rosenberg)
  On reserve for BEH350 Abnormal Psychology (BEH (Behavorial Sciences): Wandel)