Mad In America (Revised)
Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
$43.70
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2019
Summary
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 rev…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781541618060 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1541618068 |
| Author: | Robert Whitaker |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 138mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker is an award-winning journalist whose work has focused on the mentally ill and the drug industry. He is the recipient of the George Polk Award for medical writing and the National Association of Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article. Whitaker is also the author of the books The Mapmaker’s Wife and The Lap of the Gods. He resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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