Toxic Psychiatry 

Why Therapy, Empathy, and Love Must Replace The Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of The "New Psychiatry"

Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

A psychiatrist's devastating critique of how the "new psychiatry" is damaging millions of people.  In this disturbing, groundbreaking book, Dr. Breggin asserts: 

• Psychiatric drugs and electroshock are spreading an epidemic of permanent brain damage.
  

• Millions who take Prozac, Xanax, Ritalin, and a host of other psycho-active drugs have little idea of their potentially dangerous effects.
  
• So-called "mental illnesses" like "schizophrenia," "depression," "manic-depressive disorder (bipolar)," "panic disorder," "obsessive-compulsive disorder," and "attention deficit disorder" have never been proven to be genetic or physical in origin -- just insurance-covered, and controlled by M.D.s.
  
• Millions of people, including schoolchildren, housewives, elderly in nursing homes, victims of childhood abuse, and "problem adolescents" are labeled with psychiatric diagnoses, put on brain-disabling drugs, and given shock, rather than being patiently understood and helped to gain control of their lives.

Dr. Breggin details the success of "talking therapy" and other psycho-social interventions in helping people labeled by psychiatrists as "schizophrenic," "depressed," "panic disordered," "hyperactive," and "learning disabled." He documents how many of these people can be helped to lead better lives through love, empathy, individual and family therapy, and the teaching of coping skills. 

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