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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
by Robert Whitaker
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- ISBN 10
- 0307452425
- ISBN 13
- 9780307452429
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ROBERT WHITAKER is the author of Mad in America, The Mapmaker’s Wife, and On the Laps of Gods, all of which won recognition as “notable books” of the year. His newspaper and magazine articles on the mentally ill and the pharmaceutical industry have garnered several national awards, including a George Polk Award for medical writing and a National Association of Science Writers Award for best magazine article. A series he cowrote for the Boston Globe on the abuse of mental patients in research settings was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
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- Title
- Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
- Author
- Robert Whitaker
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307452425
- ISBN 13
- 9780307452429
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Md, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- August 2011
- Pages
- 416
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