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Recent interview with Robert Whitaker, in Scientific American.

By John Horgan, October 17th, 2020

Has the Drug-Based Approach to Mental Illness Failed? Scientific American

 

Thanks to Errel, great find.  And thanks to Mr. Whitaker. 

 

 

 

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