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Bad science, bad medicine and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill may require a sound knowledge of hypnosis, users are advised to either leave those sections or must have a basic understanding of the subject before practicing them. Schizophrenics in the united states currently fare worse than patients in the worlds poorest countries, and quite possibly worse than asylum patients did in the early nineteenth century. I picked up this book in hardcover while working in my universitys library. Mad in america is a dose of truth therapy for a seriously disturbed mental health system. This book is more of an indictment than a historical account, in keeping with its subtitle. The book mad in america by robert whitaker is not mad science but an account of how science has been manipulated to serve the needs of pharmaceutical. In mad in america, medical journalist robert whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. Bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill is a 2002 book by medical journalist robert whitaker, in which the. Bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill is a 2002 book by medical journalist robert whitaker, in which the author examines and questions the efficacy, safety, and ethics of past psychiatric interventions for severe mental illnesses, particularly antipsychotics. Hot on the heels of an optimistic film about nobelist john nashs schizophrenic journey comes medical journalist robert whitakers disturbing expose of the cruel.
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