Mental Health Survival Kit: References

This page contains the full list of footnotes for the book Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs by Peter Gøtzsche, which is being serialized on Mad in America. The chapters are available to read here, with a new chapter becoming available every Monday.

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