Anatomy of an Epidemic

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America is a book by Robert Whitaker published in 2010 by Crown. Whitaker asks why the number of Americans who receive government disability for mental illness approximately doubled since 1987.

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
AuthorRobert Whitaker
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPsychiatry
PublisherCrown Publishing Group
Publication date
2010
Media typePrint
ISBN978-0-307-45241-2
OCLC429022293
616.89

In the book, Whitaker tries to answer that question and examines the long-term outcomes for the mentally ill in the U.S.

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