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Anatomy of an Epidemic
By Robert Whitaker
Despite unprecedented psychiatric intervention, mental illness and disability rates continue to rise. This episode explores the counterintuitive reality that our current approach to mental health may inadvertently exacerbate the very problems it aims to solve.
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What it is about
mental health, psychiatry, antidepressants
Who it is for
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of mental health, psychiatry, antidepressants and better judgment in how they apply it.
The author
Robert Whitaker brings a credible and useful lens to mental health, psychiatry, antidepressants, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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