Toxic Psychiatry

Author : Peter R. Breggin, M.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781250108722

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Toxic Psychiatry by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. Pdf

Prozac, Xanax, Halcion, Haldol, Lithium. These psychiatric drugs--and dozens of other short-term "solutions"--are being prescribed by doctors across the country as a quick antidote to depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric problems. But at what cost? In this searing, myth-shattering exposé, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., breaks through the hype and false promises surrounding the "New Psychiatry" and shows how dangerous, even potentially brain-damaging, many of its drugs and treatments are. He asserts that: psychiatric drugs are spreading an epidemic of long-term brain damage; mental "illnesses" like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorder have never been proven to be genetic or even physical in origin, but are under the jurisdiction of medical doctors; millions of schoolchildren, housewives, elderly people, and others are labeled with medical diagnoses and treated with authoritarian interventions, rather than being patiently listened to, understood, and helped. Toxic Psychiatry sounds a passionate, much-needed wake-up call for everyone who plays a part, active or passive, in America's ever-increasing dependence on harmful psychiatric drugs.

Author : Peter Roger Breggin
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826108432

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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal by Peter Roger Breggin Pdf

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Author : Peter Roger Breggin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0312363389

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Medication Madness by Peter Roger Breggin Pdf

Dr. Breggin presents this fascinating, frightening, and dramatic look at people driven to suicide, murder, and other violent behaviors by the psychotropic medications that were meant to help them.

Author : M. Rapley,J. Moncrieff,J. Dillon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780230342507

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De-Medicalizing Misery by M. Rapley,J. Moncrieff,J. Dillon Pdf

Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple problems for its users. Yet the myth of biologically-based mental illness defines our present. The book rethinks madness and distress reclaiming them as human, not medical, experiences.

Author : Roy H. Lubit
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0131409956

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Coping with Toxic Managers, Subordinates --and Other Difficult People by Roy H. Lubit Pdf

The author shows how to use emotional intelligence tactics to survive when dealing with toxic managers and other impossible people in the workplace.

Author : R. Whitaker,L. Cosgrove
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137516022

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Psychiatry Under the Influence by R. Whitaker,L. Cosgrove Pdf

Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates the actions and practices of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry in the United States, and presents it as a case study of institutional corruption.

Author : Peter R. Breggin, MD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0826129358

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Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry by Peter R. Breggin, MD Pdf

From the author of Toxic Psychiatry and Talking Back to Prozac: "Peter Breggin is the conscience of American psychiatry. Once more he updates us on the real evidence with respect to the safety and effectiveness of specific psychiatric medications and ECT. This information is needed by all mental health professionals, as well as patients and families." --Bertram Karon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University, Author of The Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia "Nowhere does false medical thinking do more harm than in the modern psychiatric argument that mental illness is easily diagnosed and then cured by a side-effect free drug. Nowhere is the correct psychiatric thinking more evident than in the books by Peter Breggin."-- William Glasser, MD, psychiatrist, author of Reality Therapy In Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, renowned psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., presents startling scientific research on the dangerous behavioral abnormalities and brain dysfunctions produced by the most widely used and newest psychiatric drugs such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Cymbalta, Effexor, Xanax, Ativan, Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Geodon, Abilify, lithium and Depakote. Many of Breggin's earlier findings have improved clinical practice, led to legal victories against drug companies, and resulted in FDA-mandated changes in what the manufacturers must admit about their drugs. Yet reliance on these drugs has continued to escalate in the last decade, and drug company interests have overwhelmed psychiatric practice. This greatly expanded second edition, supported by the latest evidence-based research, shows that psychiatric drugs achieve their primary or essential effect by causing brain dysfunction, and that they tend to do far more harm than good. New scientific analyses in this completely updated edition include: Chapters covering every new antidepressant and stimulant drug Twenty new guidelines for how to conduct non-drug therapy A chapter describing how to safely withdraw from psychiatric drugs A discussion of "medication spellbinding," explaining how patients fail to appreciate their drug-induced mental dysfunctions Documentation of how the drug companies control research and the flow of information about psychiatric treatments

Author : Lucy Johnstone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415211565

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Users and Abusers of Psychiatry by Lucy Johnstone Pdf

This new edition is completely revised and updated it uses the authors real-life examples to argue that the traditional way of treating mental illness can often exacerbate peoples problems.

Author : Bassant Puri,Ian Treasaden
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1337 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780340950050

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Psychiatry: An evidence-based text by Bassant Puri,Ian Treasaden Pdf

Succinct, user-friendly, thoroughly referenced and prepared by leading experts in the field, this book is the only single textbook you will need to succeed in the Royal College of Psychiatrists' MRCPsych and other related higher examinations. Chapters follow the structure and syllabus of the examination ensuring that you receive the necessary essential information to pass and indeed succeed Approachable and succinct text with colour illustrations and key summary points further help to clarify complex concepts and provide you with useful revision tools The evidence-based approach used throughout is important to help you relate theory and research to clinical practice The book is carefully structured and sequenced to building upon the basic sciences underpinning psychiatry, through to an in-depth description of pharmacological and psychological treatments used.

Author : Anna Motz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317815358

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Toxic Couples: The Psychology of Domestic Violence by Anna Motz Pdf

Domestic violence is a major public health concern, affecting millions worldwide. It is underreported, often devastating and sometimes ends in murder. In Toxic Couples: The Psychology of Domestic Violence, Anna Motz integrates psychological and criminological data with clinical illustrations and discussion of current high-profile cases. She examines the complex manifestations and multiple causes of intimate partner violence. Motz disentangles the roles played by those involved and examines the addictive nature of these damaging partnerships. The book describes various forms of abuse, including physical, sexual and emotional, and analyses how intimate partner violence can escalate to murder. She explores important factors including: the role of addiction; homelessness and vulnerability; the intergenerational transmission of abuse; sadomasochistic relationships; honour-based violence. The book emphasizes the significance of female- as well as male-perpetrated violence and outlines the powerful impact on the children of abusive parents, extending the clinical awareness of professionals working with those affected. Toxic Couples: The Psychology of Domestic Violence is ideal for clinicians working with the victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence, for students of psychology, gender studies and social care courses and for anyone interested in the psychological forces behind violence in relationships. ]

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Drugs
ISBN : MINN:31951002687046K

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Toxicity Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yong-Ku Kim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813297210

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Frontiers in Psychiatry by Yong-Ku Kim Pdf

This book reviews key recent advances and new frontiers within psychiatric research and clinical practice. These advances either represent or are enabling paradigm shifts in the discipline and are influencing how we observe, derive and test hypotheses, and intervene. Progress in information technology is allowing the collection of scattered, fragmented data and the discovery of hidden meanings from stored data, and the impacts on psychiatry are fully explored. Detailed attention is also paid to the applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science technology in psychiatry and to their role in the development of new hypotheses, which in turn promise to lead to new discoveries and treatments. Emerging research methods for precision medicine are discussed, as are a variety of novel theoretical frameworks for research, such as theoretical psychiatry, the developmental approach to the definition of psychopathology, and the theory of constructed emotion. The concluding section considers novel interventions and treatment avenues, including psychobiotics, the use of neuromodulation to augment cognitive control of emotion, and the role of the telomere-telomerase system in psychopharmacological interventions.

Author : Linda Gask
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781446228524

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A Short Introduction to Psychiatry by Linda Gask Pdf

A Short Introduction to Psychiatry is designed to give readers a clear picture of the profession of psychiatry as it is today as well as an understanding of the subject from which to develop further study. The author describes the development of the profession, the route to qualification and the scope of contemporary practice, including the work done by psychiatrists in a range of specialisms - from child psychiatry to addiction services and forensic psychiatry. Drawing on the experience of people who have been through psychiatric treatment, the book also explores what psychiatry is like from the patient's/user's perspective. Many criticisms have been levelled against the profession and the author, Linda Gask, summarizes key debates which have been and continue to be played out between psychiatry's critics and its defenders. A Short Introduction to Psychiatry is for anyone looking into psychiatry for the first time, whether with a view to training or out of more general interest.

Author : Peter R. Breggin
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0312123310

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Beyond Conflict by Peter R. Breggin Pdf

An explanation of the common principles of conflict resolution on every level discusses self-help, psychotherapy, and family therapy and discloses the impact and origins of guilt and anxiety.

Author : Timothy W Kneeland,Carol A.B. Warren
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781611325928

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PUSHBUTTON PSYCHIATRY by Timothy W Kneeland,Carol A.B. Warren Pdf

This volume uncovers the roots of electroshock in America, an outgrowth of western patriarchal medicine with primarily female patients. The authors trace the history of electroshock in the United States in three historic stages: from an enthusiastic reception in 1940, to a period of crisis in the 1960s, to its resurgence after 1980. Early American experiments with electrical medicine are also examined, while the development of electroshock in America is considered through the lens of social, political, and economic factors. The revival of electroshock in recent decades is found to be a product of growing materialism in American psychiatry and the political and economic realities of managed medical care. The new material in the Updated Paperback Edition describes the resurgence of electroshock in the private psychiatric sector as a treatment of choice for depression.