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DESCRIPTION:Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America, will be phoning in Sunday August 
 10 at 10 AM (PDT) for an hour interview on his forthcoming sequel and 
 update.  Whitaker will be following up his historic and controversial work 
 documenting the dark side of psychiatric medication and its comparative 
 effectiveness contrasted with "non-treatment".   For some time, Whitaker 
 had problems finding a publisher for findings that fundamentally challenge 
 the psychiatric and pharmaceutical establishments.\n\nWhitaker's recent 
 research uncovers telling facts about psychiatric drugging:\n\n\nEXCERPTS 
 FROM THE WHITAKER WEBSITE: \n\nThe Scientific Evidence\n\nA documented 
 history of antipsychotic drugs and the long-term outcomes of 
 schizophrenia.\n \nA few historical highlights:\n \n1. In the 1970s, the 
 National Institute funded three trials that compared traditional drug-based 
 care to experimental forms of care that involved selective, minimal use of 
 antipsychotic drugs, and each time the experimental group had better 
 long-term outcomes.\n \n2. In a long-term study of patients discharged from 
 Vermont State Hospital in the 1950s and 1960s, Courtenay Harding determined 
 that thirty years later, one-third had completely recovered. And all of 
 those ex-patients had stopped taking antipsychotic drugs.\n \n3. When the 
 World Health Organization compared outcomes for schizophrenia patients in 
 rich countries to those in poor countries, it determined that outcomes were 
 much, much better in the poor countries. In the poor countries, the WHO 
 reported, only 16% of patients were regularly maintained on antipsychotic 
 drugs.\n \n4. In 2007, researchers at the University of Illinois reported 
 that 15-years after initial diagnosis, 40% of the schizophrenia patients 
 who had weaned themselves from antipsychotic medications were “in 
 recovery,” versus five% of those who were on the drugs.  \n\nMore at 
 Whitaker's website: 
 http://www.madinamerica.com/Mad%20In%20America/Home.html\n\n\nLISTEN IN 
 SUNDAY AND CALL IN!\n\nThe call-in number for those who want to ask 
 questions in 831-427-3772.\n\nThe show will be broadcasting locally at 
 101.1 FM and streaming worldwide at www.freakradio.org .\n\nIt will be 
 archived (a day later) at www.huffsantacruz.org under "Bathrobespierre's 
 Broadsides"\n\nQuestions can also be left on my voice-mail at 831-423-4833 
 prior to the show.\n\n\nPREVIOUS FREE RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH 
 WHITAKER:\n\nHis last interview on Free Radio Santa Cruz is archived at  
 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb070527.mp3 [Download it and scroll past 
 the first 1/3 of the show to find the full 2 1/2 hour interview and 
 subsequent discussion]\n\nMaterial around this last interview and some 
 written material can be found at 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/22/18419687.php\n\nA prior 
 Whitaker interview from 2004 is at 
 http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb/brb090504.mp3 .\n\nTwo lengthy and 
 interesting interviews with Whitaker from Street Spirit 
 newspaper:\nhttp://www.thestreetspirit.org/August2005/madinterview.htm\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/02/18522199.php
SUMMARY:Robert Whitaker Back on Free Radio Sunday Updating His Historic Work "Mad in America"
LOCATION:LISTEN IN SUNDAY AND CALL IN!\n\nThe call-in number for those who want to 
 ask questions in 831-427-3772.\n\nThe show will be broadcasting locally at 
 101.1 FM and streaming worldwide at www.freakradio.org .\n\nIt will be 
 archived (a day later) at www.huffsantacruz.org under "Bathrobespierre's 
 Broadsides"\n\nQuestions can also be left on my voice-mail at 831-423-4833 
 prior to the show.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/02/18522199.php
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