Peter Breggin | |
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| Born | May 11, 1936 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard College Case Western Reserve School of Medicine |
| Known for | Criticism of biopsychiatry and psychiatric drugs |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry, psychotherapy |
| Website | www |
Peter Roger Breggin (born May 11, 1936)[1] is an American psychiatrist and critic of shock treatment and psychiatric medication and COVID-19 response. In his books, he advocates replacing psychiatry's use of drugs and electroconvulsive therapy with psychotherapy, education, empathy, love, and broader human services.[2]
Breggin is the author of many books critical of psychiatric medication, including Toxic Psychiatry, Talking Back to Prozac and Talking Back to Ritalin. His most recent book, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, discusses his theory of medication spellbinding (in which patients are said to do worse after treatment but fail to see this or recognize why),[3] the adverse effects of drugs and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the hazards of diagnosing and medicating children, Breggin's theory of a "psychopharmaceutical complex", and guidelines for psychotherapy and counseling.
Breggin's latest book is Covid-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey which is critical of the global COVID-19 response and explores who profits from the pandemic.[4]
Breggin now lives in the Finger Lakes, Central New York and practices psychiatry in Ithaca, New York.
- ^ Contemporary Authors Online, s.v. "Peter R(oger) Breggin" (accessed March 24, 2008).
- ^ Breggin, P. R. (2007). Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry. New York: Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0826129345.
- ^ Breggin (2007-12-17). Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry. Springer. p. 15. ISBN 9780826129352.
- ^ Breggin, Peter Roger (2021). COVID-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey. Lake Edge Press. ISBN 978-0-9824560-7-1. OCLC 1282299600.