Beyond Well Science: Robert Whitaker, Mad in America

Beyond Well Science is focused on mental health providers and more effective approaches to improving the standard of care for people in crisis. It is hosted by five-time Emmy award winning Journalist and Author, Sheila Hamilton.



Robert Whitaker is a journalist and author of two books about the history of psychiatry, Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic, and the co-author, with Lisa Cosgrove, of Psychiatry Under the Influence. He is the founder of madinamerica.com. Whitaker talks with Sheila Hamilton about a comprehensive effort to report on psychiatry, psychiatric alternatives, and worldwide outcomes for patients diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses.

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