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A former teaching fellow at harvard medical school and fulltime consultant at the national institute of mental health, he has written dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books, including the bestsellers toxic psychiatry and medication madness. For decades it has influenced many professionals and lay persons to transform their views on the superior value of psychosocial approaches compared to medication and electroshock. Breggin, md is a psychiatrist in private practice in ithaca, new york, and the author of dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books including toxic psychiatry. Breggin is the author of many books critical of psychiatric medication, including toxic psychiatry, talking. Breggin s most popular book is everything you know is wrong. He is a graduate of harvard college and case western. These warnings confirmed many of the adverse effects first emphasized by breggin in toxic psychiatry with specific mentions by the fda of. Peter roger breggin born may 11, 1936 is an american psychiatrist and critic of shock treatment and psychiatric medication. It explains the origins of our problems while in no way relieving us of the responsibity to understand and improve ourselves. Peter breggin, author of medication madness and director of the international center for patientoriented psychiatry. Toxic psychiatry by peter breggin christopher publications. These psychiatric drugsand dozens of other shortterm solutionsare being prescribed by doctors across the country as a quick antidote to depression, panic disorder, obsessivecompulsive disorder, and other psychiatric problems. Breggin takes the reader through his own personal experience viewing the degrading and dehumanizing treatment that came along with the medicalization of psychiatry. Why therapy, empathy and love must replace the drugs, electroshock, and biochemical theories of the new psychiatry, and your drug may be your problem.
Anyone who knows someone dealing with a mental illness should read this book to be better informed about what kind of treatment options exist outside of drugging. Breggin has 34 books on goodreads with 4763 ratings. Why therapy, empathy and love must replace the drugs, electroshock, and biochemical theories of the new psychiatry ebook written by peter r. Why therapy, empathy and love must replace the drugs, electroshock, and biochemical theories of the new psychiatry by breggin m. Why therapy, empathy and love must replace the drugs. He is known as the conscience of psychiatry for his many decades of successful efforts to reform the mental health field.
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