June 27, 2014 | Posted in:bipolar, psychotherapy, Uncategorized

This is a must read for anyone who takes a psychoactive drug. It’s brilliantly written and well researched. I think he makes some excellent points on the nature of how Mental Illness is diagnosed and treated in western countries. Could the meds actually be causing mental illness? Read it and find out what he says…

Anatomy of an Epidemic investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of adults and children disabled by mental illness skyrocketed over the past fifty years? There are now more than four million people in the United States who receive a government disability check because of a mental illness, and the number continues to soar. Every day, 850 adults and 250 children with a mental illness are added to the government disability rolls. What is going on?

Read the full post from Robert Whitaker’s website, where you can also download the first chapter:

http://robertwhitaker.org/robertwhitaker.org/Anatomy%20of%20an%20Epidemic.html

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