Robert Whitaker

5 books

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

Robert Whitaker

nonfiction health psychology science informative slow-paced

404 pages | first published 2010

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Robert Whitaker, Lisa Rinzler, Peter Stastny, Darby Penney

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

Robert Whitaker, Lisa Rinzler, Peter Stastny, Darby Penney

nonfiction history psychology emotional informative sad slow-paced

205 pages | first published 2008

The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon by Robert Whitaker

The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon

Robert Whitaker

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

372 pages | first published 2004

On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation by Robert Whitaker

On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation

Robert Whitaker

nonfiction history race true crime reflective slow-paced

386 pages | first published 2008

Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform by Robert Whitaker, Lisa Cosgrove

Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform

Robert Whitaker, Lisa Cosgrove

nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2015
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