Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

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“Psychiatry's shift toward seeing mental health problems as an illness to be treated with a pill hasn't always served patients well, says Harvard historian and author Anne Harrington.”

 

“Harrington's new book - ‘Mind Fixers’ - chronicles the history of psycho-pharmaceuticals, such as Prozac and Xanax, which have been used to treat depression and anxiety, as well as lithium, the first drug to treat what is now called bipolar disorder.”

 

To listen to an NPR’s interview with Harrington, visit:

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/02/718744068/how-drug-companies-helped-shape-a-shifting-biological-view-of-mental-illness