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    Anatomy of an epidemic [electronic resource] : magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America / Robert Whitaker.
    by Whitaker, Robert.
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    New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
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  • Electronic Resourcehttp://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=7CEC2A5F-393A-4639-948F-688B9DAEB367 This title is available online; click here to access
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    9780307452436 (electronic bk.)
    0307452433 (electronic bk.)
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    A modern plague -- Anecdotal thoughts -- The roots of an epidemic -- Psychiatry's magic bullets -- The hunt for chemical imbalances -- A paradox revealed -- The benzo trap -- An episodic illness turns chronic -- The bipolar boom -- An epidemic explained -- The epidemic spreads to children -- Suffer the children -- The rise of an ideology -- The story that was . . . and wasn't told -- Tallying up the profits -- Blueprints for reform.
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    Presents a controversial assessment of the rise in mental illness-related disabilities and considers if drug-based care may be fueling illness rates throughout the past half century.
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