Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
ISBN-13:
9781541618060
ISBN-10:
1541618068
Edition:
Revised
Author:
Robert Whitaker
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Paperback
384 pages
Category:
Schizophrenia
,
Mental Health
,
History
,
Psychology & Counseling
,
Medical Ethics
,
Medicine
,
History
,
Psychology
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ISBN-13:
9781541618060
ISBN-10:
1541618068
Edition:
Revised
Author:
Robert Whitaker
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Paperback
384 pages
Category:
Schizophrenia
,
Mental Health
,
History
,
Psychology & Counseling
,
Medical Ethics
,
Medicine
,
History
,
Psychology
Summary
Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill (ISBN-13: 9781541618060 and ISBN-10: 1541618068), written by authors
Robert Whitaker, was published by Basic Books in 2019.
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Description
An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery
Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. 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.
The widespread use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s gave way in the 1950s to electroshock and a wave of new drugs. In what is perhaps Whitaker's most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects.
A haunting, deeply compassionate book -- updated with a new introduction and prologue bringing in the latest medical treatments and trends -- Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of "insanity," and what we value most about the human mind.
Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. 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.
The widespread use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s gave way in the 1950s to electroshock and a wave of new drugs. In what is perhaps Whitaker's most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects.
A haunting, deeply compassionate book -- updated with a new introduction and prologue bringing in the latest medical treatments and trends -- Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of "insanity," and what we value most about the human mind.
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