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“We have been focusing on the role that psychiatry and its medications may be playing in this epidemic, and the evidence is quite clear.…

— Robert Whitaker

Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.

— Irving Kirsch

“North American society tries to bury many problems under tons of medications, preferring to ignore the social and cultural causes of people’s stressed mental…

— Gabor Maté

This is a common misconception about antidepressants: many people believe they're simply 'happy pills' that will wipe a person's emotional slate clean. Used correctly,…

— Andrew Shaffer

Most psychiatrists assume that mental illnesses such as depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, which can be treated by drugs. But…

— Mark Fisher

“And what science had revealed was this: Prior to treatment, patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression, and other psychiatric disorders do not suffer from any…

— Robert Whitaker

I was asked by the National Institute of Health to be their scientific discussant on the effects of these drug [Ritalin] at a big…

— Peter Breggin

“The off-drug patients also suffered less from depression, blunted emotions, and retarded movements. Indeed, they told Carpenter and McGlashan that they had found it…

— Robert Whitaker

“Does psychiatrists’ ability to prescribe drugs give them an advantage over psychologists in places where psychologists cannot prescribe them? Not always. Drugs can be…

— James W. Kalat

Why take drugs specifically designed to send you insane?

— Sebastian Faulks

“Typically, a psychiatrist can fool a patient by telling him the root of his problem can be fixed with this pill, that support group,…

— J. Matthew Nespoli

People go for help, but their lives don't get better because of those psychiatric drugs. They get worse. They feel numb and they're told…

— Tom Cruise