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Peter R. Breggin

Author of Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the "New Psychiatry"

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Peter R. Breggin, M.D., is a psychiatrist and expert in clinical psychopharmacology. A former teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School and full-time 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 Talking Back to Prozac. He has served as a medical expert in criminal and civil cases involving psychiatric drugs, including product-liability suits against drug manufacturers. Dr. Breggin founded the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (www.ICSPP.org), taught at universities, and is on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. He lives in the Finger Lakes region with his wife, Ginger, and practices psychiatry in Ithaca, New York. — biography from Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime… (more)
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Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs,… 186 copies, 1 review
Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric… 78 copies, 1 review
Talking Back to Prozac: What Doctors Won't Tell You About Today's Most… 74 copies
The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About… 57 copies
COVID-19 and the Global Predators: We Are the Prey 43 copies
Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence,… 35 copies
Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering… 31 copies, 1 review
Talking Back to Ritalin: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Stimulants… 30 copies
Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions 21 copies
The War Against Children of Color: Psychiatry Targets Inner City Youth 20 copies
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients… 17 copies
Reclaiming Our Children: A Healing Plan For A Nation In Crisis 16 copies
The Heart of Being Helpful: Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence 14 copies
Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock, and the… 12 copies
Psychology of Freedom 11 copies
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