Are kids who take stimulants at greater risk of having a psychotic episode? Do schizophrenic patients do better without taking neuroleptic drugs? According to Robert Whitaker, the answer to both questions may well be yes -- and he has published scientific data to back him up. Salon interviews Whitaker about his alarming new book, Anatomy of an Epidemic.
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
The hidden danger of psychiatric drugs
Are kids who take stimulants at greater risk of having a psychotic episode? Do schizophrenic patients do better without taking neuroleptic drugs? According to Robert Whitaker, the answer to both questions may well be yes -- and he has published scientific data to back him up. Salon interviews Whitaker about his alarming new book, Anatomy of an Epidemic.
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