Robert Whitaker on Psychiatric Care
Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic and Mad in America
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Living Proof Podcast Series, University at Buffalo School of Social Work: Episode 48 – Robert Whitaker: Rethinking Psychiatric Care: If We Follow the Scientific Evidence, What Must We Do to Better Promote Long-term Recovery?
“In this episode, author and journalist Robert Whitaker discusses what he has discovered through study of the evidence that is utilized to guide the treatment of psychiatric illness. With a critical eye, he describes the paradoxes in the conventional wisdom and practice in this field and how faithfully “following the evidence” would transform care for the drug-based treatment of mental illness.”
Madness Radio: Sane Medication Policy Robert Whitaker
“Has society’s embrace of psychiatric medications led to recovery — or chronic disability? What would honest medical policy and treatment standards be if they were free of pharmaceutical company corruption? Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Whitaker, author of Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill, discusses medications as a failed paradigm of care, and imagines what a sane alternative would look like. www.madinamerica.com“
Rob Kall Futurehealth Radio Show:
October 3, 2010: “Robert Whitaker author Anatomy of An Epidemic; How Psychiatry Failed and Betrayed America, killing 1000s, Disabling Millions”
October 17, 2010: “Robert Whitaker– Drugging Kids to Disability and Death / Ideology of America On Drugs”
Related sites:
Mad in America
Anatomy of an Epidemic includes documents on each class of medication, and a Solutions page which includes Finland studies and info on other therapy approaches.
What are Robert Whitaker academic degrees? His bio does not list any nor does google search. Can it be he never graduated from college?
He’s a journalist and author. His books are very well referenced and worth reading.