America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics And How We've Been Deceived

by Timothy Scott

Discusses the chemical imbalance theory, the FDA drug approval process and the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, deceptive designs of drug studies, long-term side effects of antidepressants and antipsychotics, and how to achieve good mental health without drugs.

Genres: Mental Health, Health

523 pages, Hardcover

First published April 26, 2006

Reviews

[Mary Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

http://lifeafter30isgreat.blogspot.com/

"I used to HATE Tom Cruise because of what he said about psychiatric medicine. I went so far as to never watch and movie or TV with him in it. The front of this book says "Tom Cruise was Right." I would have burned this book before. But guess what? Even though he made an ass out of himself on the Today Show, he has a point. He just didn't come out with it appropriately."

You can check out my blog to see what I learned from this book. I have been diagnosed with depression for 15 years. Its so sad that I have lost so much time being overmedicated and told that there is something "wrong" with me when in fact there is not. I'm just a normal human with normal feelings. I am anxious to use my experience to help others.

[Bell · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the author to be sensationalist at best. Some of his statistics seemed skewed and begged a lot more analysis than he gave them. I appreciated his long bibliography and various footnotes, but I don't think he used his information well. I expected a lot more. Nonetheless, I agree with his final analysis that American doctors/patients are too quick to pop a pill. There's a lot to be said for natural light exposure, exercise and a change in diet.