Robert Whitaker

About

Robert Whitaker is a journalist who has specialized in covering medicine and science. His articles on psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry have won a George Polk Award for Medical Writing, and a National Association of Science Writers' Award for best magazine article. In 1998, he co-wrote a series on abuses in psychiatric research that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. He is the author of four books. His most recent one is Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America.

Books by Robert Whitaker

Recent Posts

The Real Suicide Data from the TADS Study Comes to Light

Recently, Robert Gibbons published a paper in which he claimed, based on his "reanalysis" of the data from studies of fluoxetine in youth, that "treatment with fluoxetine was not found to be related to suicide risk when compared with placebo." David Healy responded, with a reference to new data from the NIMH's Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS).

Cognitive Therapy Found Effective in Unmedicated Psychotic Patients (And Other News)

Can Unethical Research Ever Lead to "Best Evidence?"

A Rorschach Test for Psych Meds

Anatomy of an Epidemic Down Under

In New Zealand and Australia, usage of antidepressants is up . . . and so too the number of disabled mentally ill

In New Zealand and Australia, usage of antidepressants is up . . . and so too the number of disabled mentally ill

In Defense of Psychiatric Medications, Part Two

The New York Times' Defense of Antidepressants

Now Antidepressant-Induced Chronic Depression Has a Name: Tardive Dysphoria

Do antidepressants worsen the long-term course of depression? Research suggests that they do.

Do antidepressants worsen the long-term course of depression? Research suggests that they do.

Drug Companies ‘Just Say No' to Psych Drugs

We Need a Thorough Investigation of the STAR*D Scandal