Thanks Tom Cruise
On June 25, 2005 Tom Cruise did the unthinkable on TV. Actually, he did several “unthinkables” in a filmed interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer for the Today Show.
On June 25, 2005 Tom Cruise did the unthinkable on TV. Actually, he did several “unthinkables” in a filmed interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer for the Today Show.
In 2004 the FDA issued a black box warning about the increased risk of suicidality in children taking the newer antidepressants, including the SSRIs (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, and Lexapro) and also Effexor and Wellbutrin (also marketed as Zyban). On June 30, 2005 the FDA published a Public Health Advisory warning of the possibility of increased suicidality in adults treated with antidepressants. The FDA followed this on July 1, 2005 with a Talk Paper elaborating on the potential risk and the agency’s plans to study the problem further.
The New York Times, Nov 6, 1996 To the Editor: As the author of two books on the subject, I think the Nov. 5 front-page article ”Ban on Medical Experiments Without Consent Is Relaxed” overlooks or minimizes important issues about doctors obtaining the right to experiment on unconscious patients without […]
The New York Times, May 15, 1996. To the Editor: Re “Boom in Ritalin Sales Raises Ethical Issues” (Health page, May 15): The stimulant Ritalin treats the needs of health professionals, parents and teachers rather than the needs of children. You report that experts say “the drug helps anyone to […]
The New York Times, Dec 7, 1995, page 30. To the Editor: At first blush, “Making Room on the Couch for Culture” (Science Times, Dec. 5) seems to describe an advance in psychiatry. Instead of being diagnosed psychotic and treated with antidepressants, the bereaved woman is understood in the context […]
Breggin, P. R. (1995). Encephalitis lethargica. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 7(3), 387.
The New York Times, March 8, 1995, page 24. To the Editor: Robert Klitzman’s “That Way Madness Lies” (Op-Ed, March 4) represents much of what’s wrong with the modern psychiatric approach. To illustrate why psychiatric financing should not be cut back, Dr. Klitzman recounts what can be called a “violent mania” […]
The New York Times, June 27, 1994, page 16. To the Editor: Your June 17 article reporting growing support in New York State for involuntary commitment to mental hospitals describes “a bill that would place those released from mental hospitals under court order to take medication and get counseling.” A […]
The New York Times, Sept 10, 1993, page 20. To the Editor: Richard A. Friedman, a psychiatrist, states in “Unhappiness by Itself Doesn’t Cause Suicide” (letter, Aug. 26) that suicide is a disease and that psychiatric interventions have proved their effectiveness. Both contentions lack scientific substantiation. Despite constant assertions by […]
The New York Times, Sept. 18, 1992, page A34. To the Editor: “Faced with complaints of veiled racism, the National Institutes of Health,” you report (front page, Sept. 5), “withdrew financing of an academic conference on the search for a genetic basis for criminal behavior, forcing its indefinite postponement.” However, […]