Robert Whitaker
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Journalist and author of Mad in America; Anatomy of an Epidemic.

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'Anatomy Of An Epidemic': Could Psychiatric Drugs Be Fueling A Mental Illness Epidemic?

Posted April 28, 2010 | 15:25:54 (EST)

A few years ago, while writing an article about the merits of psychiatric medications, I looked at whether the number of adults receiving a federal disability payment due to mental illness had significantly changed since 1987, which was the year that Prozac was introduced. Our society's use of psychiatric medications,...

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