Anatomy of an Epidemic (Part 3)

In Part 3 of our discussion of Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker, we examine how pharmaceutical marketing campaigns helped shape public perceptions of mental illness and psychiatric treatment. We also take a closer look at the long-term physical harm and disability associated with neuroleptic drugs — one of the central reasons Whitaker argues that modern psychiatric care has contributed to an “epidemic” of chronic mental illness.