Activities and Medical Philosophy
Whitaker suggests, in his subscription-based newsletter called Health and Healing and in numerous books, that a combination of vitamin therapy and exercise can prevent or cure many ailments. As the director and founder of the Whitaker Wellness Institute in Newport Beach, California, Whitaker states that since 1991, his subscription-based newsletter has achieved a circulation of more than 2.5 million readers. He is a co-founder of the California Orthomolecular Medical Society.
Whitaker opposes the use of pharmaceuticals in the treatment of mental illness and believes that psychiatry is fraudulent. In a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, Whitaker states that psychiatric diagnoses have "no basis" and are fabricated or voted into existence by powerful groups of doctors with financial interests. The combination of medication and talk therapy endorsed by psychiatry is a "script", says Whitaker, who claims in the interview that his golden retriever can provide talk therapy just as well as a psychiatrist. According to Whitaker, vitamins, such as those promoted on his website, can cure psychiatric disorders by improving general health.
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