Ep. 25 Author/Journalist Robert Whitaker: A Frank Conversation about the Past, Present and Future of Benzodiazepines

In this podcast Garrett and I have the pleasure of interviewing Robert Whitaker who is the author...

An episode of the Benzodiazepine Awareness with Geraldine Burns podcast, hosted by Garrett Burns, titled "Ep. 25 Author/Journalist Robert Whitaker: A Frank Conversation about the Past, Present and Future of Benzodiazepines" was published on October 25, 2020 and runs 53 minutes.

October 25, 2020 ·53m · Benzodiazepine Awareness with Geraldine Burns

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In this podcast Garrett and I have the pleasure of interviewing Robert Whitaker who is the author of four books, and co-author of a fifth, three of which tell the history of psychiatry. In 2010, his Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the U.S. Investigative Reporters and Editors Book Award for Best Investigative Journalism. He is the founder of madinamerica.com, a website that features research news and blogs by an international group of writers interested in “rethinking psychiatry.”

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In this podcast Garrett and I have the pleasure of interviewing Robert Whitaker who is the author of four books, and co-author of a fifth, three of which tell the history of psychiatry. In 2010, his Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the U.S. Investigative Reporters and Editors Book Award for Best Investigative Journalism. He is the founder of madinamerica.com, a website that features research news and blogs by an international group of writers interested in “rethinking psychiatry.”

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