Does Long-Term Use of Psychiatric Drugs Do More Harm Than Good? with Robert Whitaker
b'This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Pendulum.\\nThe world of pharmaceuticals is a deceiving one. While it might be easy to trust that any drug on the market today has been rigorously tested for efficacy and safety, that\\u2019s not always the case, especially when it comes to psychiatric drugs.\\xa0\\nWe\\u2019ve all heard the term \\u201cchemical imbalance,\\u201d and many people struggling with depression or other mood disorders have had this narrative hammered into them. They\\u2019re told that elevated or inadequate levels of neurotransmitters are to blame, but this theory is being increasingly questioned.\\xa0\\nToday on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru digs into the questions surrounding psychiatric drugs with Robert Whitaker.\\xa0\\nRobert Whitaker is the author of four books and coauthor of a fifth, three of which tell of the history of psychiatry. In 2010, his Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the US Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism.\\xa0\\nPrior to writing books, he worked as a science reporter at the Albany Times Union newspaper in New York, for a number of years. He is the founder of madinamerica.com, a website that features research news and blogs by an international group of writers interested in \\u201crethinking psychiatry.\\u201d\\nIn this episode, we dive into:\\xa0\\n-Does long-term use of psychiatric drugs do more harm than good? (4:29)\\n-How short-term clinical trials are built to market drugs by pharmaceutical companies (23:59)\\n-The chemical imbalance theory (31:04)\\n-The long-term effects of psychiatric drugs (39:36)\\n-Psychiatry\\u2019s disease model (49:18)\\n-Rethinking the use of antipsychotics (50:14)\\n-The importance of creating a new environment when it comes to treating mental illness (1:03:33)\\nFor more on Robert Whitaker, follow him on Instagram @madinamerica, Facebook @madinamerica, Twitter @mad_in_america, and through his website, madinamerica.com. Get his book, Anatomy of an Epidemic, here.\\xa0\\nThis episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Pendulum.\\nFor a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive free ground beef FOR LIFE. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription + $10 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/dhru.\\nPendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Akkermansia in a probiotic capsule. To receive 20% off your first purchase of Pendulum\\u2019s Akkermansia probiotic supplement, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code DHRU20.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'