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BWC welcomes journalist and author, Robert Whitaker!
The Benzo Scandal: Past, Present, and . . . Future?
We were excited to welcome Robert Whitaker as a guest speaker to our Zoom Round Table Dec. 6, 2022 at 5:30 EST!!!
Do you know the history of benzodiazepines? Why is such an old drug still a problem today? What will it take to effect change? You’ll love hearing Robert Whitaker speak to us via Zoom in our Round Table! He will speak & also entertain our questions in a Q&A.
Robert 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 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."
To learn more about safe deprescribing from benzodiazepines, please visit www.benzowarri..., join the private Facebook support group, / benzowarriorgroup .
Visit MadinAmerica at www.madinameri...
Read Marcia Angell's two part review of Anatomy of an Epidemic here:
www.nybooks.co....
Order Whitaker's 2015 book Psychiatry Under the Influence here:
www.amazon.com...
Visit MadinAmerica at www.madinameri...
Read Marcia Angell's two part review of Anatomy of an Epidemic here:
www.nybooks.co....
Order Whitaker's 2015 book Psychiatry Under the Influence here:
www.amazon.com...