Submitted by aggienba06 on November 3, 2008

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&Quot;Mad In America&Quot;

Mad In America is a powerfully troubling argument against the way that psychiatry treats schizophrenia and other major mental illnesses. The first two parts of the book set out the history of treatment for the insane in the US and Europe from 1750 until 1950, and Whitaker’s account does not differ significantly from others, such as Edward Shorter’s, although it is shorter and highlights different details. But while other accounts say that since the Second World War, the availability of neuroleptic medication has meant a dramatic improvement in the treatment of schizophrenia, Whitaker argues the new medications are comparable in their dangerousness and ineffectiveness to...

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