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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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“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.”

— Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic

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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Robert Whitaker

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