Caption: David Healy
David Healy 

Pharmageddon

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Length: 29:00

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Pharmaceutical companies, according to Dr. David Healy, have hijacked healthcare in America, and the results are life threatening. Healy looks at the larger issues that have shaped the current sickness infecting health in his new book, Pharmageddon (University of California Press). Read the full description.
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Dr. Healy, internationally respected psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, scientist, and author, documents a riveting and terrifying story that affects us all. Healy is Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff University in Britain and a former Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.  His other books include Let Them Eat Prozac; The Antidepressant Era; and, Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder.

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Piece Description

Dr. Healy, internationally respected psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, scientist, and author, documents a riveting and terrifying story that affects us all. Healy is Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff University in Britain and a former Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.  His other books include Let Them Eat Prozac; The Antidepressant Era; and, Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder.

Broadcast History

KCBX Public Radio

Timing and Cues

Segment 1 Incue at 00:00 - Theme ...
Outcue at 14:26 - " ... in just a moment."
62s break with music bed
Segment 2 Incue at 15:28 - "I'm Guy Rathbun, this is ...
Outcue at 28:58 - music ends.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
PVC IV (Theme) Blue Man Group Audio. 1999 00:00

Related Website

http://www.davidhealy.org/, http://www.rxisk.org/