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Jun 16, 2010, 01:12 PM
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Robert Whitaker About the Program The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Finalist and author of "Mad in America" discusses the rise in diagnosis of mental illness in the U.S. and the proliferation of drugs to medicate various conditions. Mr. Whitaker contends that drugs do little to balance imbalanced brain chemistry. The event is at the National Arts Club in New York. Robert Whitaker has written for the Boston Globe as well as numerous articles on medicine, the drug industry and the mentally ill. He is also author of "Mad in America." Future Airings * Sunday, June 20th at 8am (ET) * Sunday, June 20th at 5pm (ET) * Monday, June 21st at 5am (ET) On C-SPAN's Book TV program
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Jun 17, 2010, 05:14 AM
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The good Ole "United states of Anxiety"
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Jun 17, 2010, 11:26 AM
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hmm... the astonishing rise of mental illness does also correspond to the reduction of stigma and fear of seeking help... no?
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Jun 18, 2010, 09:29 AM
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I'd also say that there is a higher demand for mental health help as the general stressors of everyday life (for "normal people") are increasing at a significant rate in this day and age. Scary!
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Jun 18, 2010, 10:20 AM
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From an iconoclastic perspective, is it also possible that we have become an over-therapized nation, one where self regulation, self reliance, personal responsibility and problem solving skills have been usurped by therapism, which yields a diagnosis in order to be able to say that the "illness' is in control and we are not?
Is it possible that an illness is not always what makes us irresponsible and unable to self manage, but that irresponsible behavior and thinking make us more ill an emotionally unstable than we need be. Iconoclastic-ally, Baaku
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Jun 20, 2010, 05:54 PM
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I watched most of this program today. Whitaker's thesis is that studies both in the US and abroad show that mentally ill people do less well in the long term when they are maintained on medications than if they are off of medication. He specifically mentioned studies on schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorders. These are outcomes that have been referred to here on Psych Central in some forums before. Psychosocial interactions seem to be much more beneficial in the long term than medication.
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