Comfortably Numb

In his book, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation, Charles Barber contends that Americans are overmedicated with psychiat… read more

In his book, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation, Charles Barber contends that Americans are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs and have confused the difference between ordinary problems and mental illness. Mr. Barber argued that pharmaceutical companies are culpable in the desire to medicate. He responded to audience members' questions.

Charles Barber is a psychiatry lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the author of Songs from the Black Chair: A Memoir of Mental Illness. close

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Comfortably Numb

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Program ID:
199864-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Speech
Location:
Corte Madera, California, United States
First Aired:
Mar 01, 2008 | 9:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
May 07, 2008 | 7:03am EDT | C-SPAN 3

Airing Details

  • Mar 01, 2008 | 9:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 17, 2008 | 1:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 22, 2008 | 10:15am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 23, 2008 | 2:47am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • May 07, 2008 | 1:03am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • May 07, 2008 | 7:03am EDT | C-SPAN 3
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