International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 12 (1993) 3-35 IOS Press Psychostimulants in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD: Risks and Mechanisms of Action Peter R. Breggin Director, International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) Abstract: Millions of children in North America are diagnosed […]
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(Reprinted with permission of the Times Union of Albany, New York) Ritalin use splits parents, school By RICK KARLIN , Staff writer Times Union, Albany, NY Sunday, May 7, 2000 Berne — District marks parents as alleged child abusers for wanting to take their 7-year-old son off the medication Like […]
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Originally published in The Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, Vol. 10(2) 1995, pp. 55-72 by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. and Ginger Ross Breggin ABSTRACT. The criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder focus on behaviors that adults find frustrating and disruptive. Conflicts between children and adults are redefined as diseases or disorders within […]
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