A psychiatrist's devastating critique of how the "new psychiatry" is damaging millions of people. "Biopsychiatry", says Dr. Breggin, is the dominant ideology of the medical-pharmaceutical establishment which frequently announces "breakthroughs in brain chemistry" to justify the use of drugs, electroshock, involuntary hospitalization, and other ...
From Ativan to Zoloft, Effexor to Prozac, this work describes at the dangers of psychiatric medication, and offers guidance on how to safely stop taking them. When first published in 1999, "Your Drug May Be Your Problem" was ahead of its time. The only book to provide an uncensored description of the dangers involved in taking every kind of ...
In Reality Therapy, Dr. William Classer discounted the concept of mental illness and offered the then-new idea that all of us are responsible for what we do. Readers responded by the thousands, turning Dr. Classer's practical, responsible approach into a best-selling phenomenon. Now in his follow-up, he invites you into his office, where you hear ...
Author Peter R. Breggin, adolescent therapist, suggests that troubled children can be helped without resorting to prescription drugs to regulate behavior.
The book that tells the reader the truth behind the testing of prozac and its potentially frightening side effects. Find out what Prozac's label doesn't say; the panic and anxiety Prozac can cause--not cure; what Prozac has in common with cocaine and amphetamines; cases of sexual dysfunction from Prozac, particularly in men; and much more. Martin ...
The author of Toxic Psychiatry details the common principles of conflict resolution on every level from self-help, psychotherapy, and family therapy through societal and international conflict. Along the way, Breggin discloses the impact and origins of guilt and anxiety and reveals how love can satisfy needs and resolve conflicts.
By the author of The Antidepressant Fact Book and Talking Back to Ritalin, a straight-talking guide to the drugs used to treat ADD and ADHD. Known as the "Ralph Nader of psychiatry," Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless civil and criminal cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has ...
By the best-selling author of Talking Back to Prozac, a revised and updated edition of the first and most-compelling book to challenge the use of Ritalin to treat ADHD.. Millions of children take Ritalin for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The drug's manufacturer, Novartis, claims that Ritalin is the "solution" to this widespread problem ...
By the author of Talking Back to Prozac and Your Drug May Be Your Problem, the answers to over 100 questions about antidepressants. Known as "the Ralph Nader of psychiatry," Dr. Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless court cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has given him ...
The first book to expose the shortcomings of psychiatric drugs and to guide patients and doctors through the process of withdrawing from them. }Well over ten million Americans are prescribed a psychiatric medication annually, for symptoms as varied as headache and insomnia to depression and various psychiatric disorders. Unbelievably, many of ...
Based on more than 30 years of clinical experience as a psychiatrist and a therapist, Dr. Breggin illustrates the importance of developing a therapeutic bond - or healing presence - between helping professionals and their clients. The author provides useful vignettes, case studies, and personal insights to help both beginning and experienced ...
Millions of children take the drug Ritalin for Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder. The drug's manufacturer, Novartis, claims that Ritalin is the "solution" to this widespread problem. But hidden behind the well-oiled public relations machine is a potentially devastating reality: children are being given a drug that can drastically impair ...
The authors reveal the true price people are paying to attain Prozac-induced happiness, explaining what Prozac is and how it works, and taking a hard look at the real story behind the drug.
At a time when biological psychiatry claims that drugs and electroshock are the best methods for helping deeply disturbed persons, mental health professionals need to be reminded that psychological and social approaches to mental illnesses remain more effective, less harmful, and much more able to address the real needs of recovery, growth, and ...
The authors who exposed the Federal Violence Initiative uncover a broad and menacing trend toward the biomedical social control of children. The Breggins show how mental health agencies are administering medications rather than addressing the decline of families and schools and the effects of racism and poverty.
The authors of the best-selling Talking back to Prozac expose the government and psychiatric establishment's threat to children. From the authors of the best-selling Talking Back to Prozac comes the definitive work exposing how mental health agencies and the government are using invalid science for social control rather than addressing the decline ...
This contribution to the helping professions delves into empathy as a cornerstone of personal life as well as professional practice. Renowned contributors from various mental health disciplines - psychiatry, counselling, psychology and social work - discuss such themes as the interrelationship of empathy with love, self-awareness and self ...
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