Breggin (2016). Rational Principles of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Healthcare Providers and Clients. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy The Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy invited me to do an overview article about my work in the field of psychopharmacology and psychiatric drugs, including my critique of adverse drug effects (side effects). My […]
Dr. Breggin has been filmed innumerable times on major-network television, at conferences, before Congress, and by many independent filmmakers. Here are links to specific categories: I. Dr. Breggin’s Simple Truths. A series about psychiatry covers topics such as the myth of biochemical imbalances, the deception behind the ADHD diagnosis, dangers […]
INFORMATION ABOUT COPENHAGEN, DENMARK CONFERENCE For general information about the sponsor: deadlymedicines.dk Program (download as PDF) Psychiatric drugs do more harm than good Wednesday 16 September 2015, from 8 am to 5 pm Bethesda, Rømersgade 17, København (Israels Plads) 8.00 Arrival (come early, we start at 8.30 sharp). 8.30 Peter […]
Therapists throughout the world have been empowered by Dr. Peter Breggin to work with their clients and patients in more empathic, enjoyable, and less authoritarian ways. They have also been encouraged to trust their personal intuition and understanding that psychiatric diagnoses and drugs do more harm than good, and that […]
Peter R. Breggin, MD Upcoming Speaking Engagements and Special Events 2014 February 27, 28, and March 1st, 2014. Dr. Peter Breggin’s Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy is co-conferencing with the Florida Adlerian Society on beautiful Tampa Bay. Dr. Breggin will present a plenary and MC […]
Welcome to Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathictherapy.org Psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, MD has founded a new organization and annual conference along with his wife, Ginger Breggin. Through their nonprofit Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy conferences you can truly get to know him and his ideas, and to closely interact […]
Dr. Breggin’s educational campaigns and his scientific research contributed have put pressure on the FDA to change the contents of numerous FDA-approved labels for psychiatric drugs, including the neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drugs and the newer antidepressants. Dr. Breggin’s articles about the FDA, especially the implications of recent label changes, can be […]
Dr. Peter Breggin’s new concept of medication spellbinding provides insights into why so many people take psychiatric drugs when the drugs are doing more harm than good. Psychiatric drugs, and all other drugs that affect the mind, spellbind the individual by masking their adverse mental effects from the individual […]
Latest News Something we can all agree on In this highly politicized season, is there something we can all agree upon? I think so. From the political left or right, we should be able to come together around […]
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