Whitaker, Robert. <br/><br/>
Anatomy of an epidemic :  magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America / 
Robert Whitaker. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Crown Publishers,  c2010. 
 - xi, 404 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-393) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307452412 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental illness--United States.<br/>Psychotropic drugs--Prescribing--United States.<br/>Psychiatry--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.89  / WHI 2010