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Robert Whitaker

Robert Whitaker

Robert Whitaker is a journalist and author of five books. His latest, Psychiatry Under the Influence, written with co-author Lisa Cosgrove, was published in April Much of his writing has focused on psychiatry, the pharmaceutical industry, and medical histories. His first book, Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill was named by Discover magazine as one of the best science books of , while the American Library Association named it one of the best history books of that year.

His subsequent book on this topic, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, won the Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism in

Prior to writing books, Robert Whitaker worked as the science and medical reporter at the Albany Times Union newspaper in New York for a number of years.

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