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Suicidality, violence and mania caused by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs): A review and analysis (2004)

Breggin, P.R. International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 16 (2003/2004). Evidence from many sources confirms that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) comonly cause or exacerbate a wide range of abnormal mental and behavioral conditions. suicidalityviolence.pbreggin.2003.pdf

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Empathic self-transformation in therapy (2002)

Breggin, PR (2002). From Dimensions of Empathic Therapy, Springer Publishing Company, pp. 177-89. Empathy lies at the heart of being helpful to other human beings. However, empathy does not necessarily spring forth spontaneously from us in all situations or toward all of our patients and clients. Many clients will challenge […]

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Empowering social work in the era of biological psychiatry (2001)

Breggin, PR (2001). Empowering Social Work in the Era of Biological Psychiatry. [The annual Ephraim Lisansky lecture of the University of Maryland School of Social Work.] Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 3(3): 197-206. Although I am a psychiatrist, it seems to me that social work, along with counseling, embodies my […]

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