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	Peter Breggin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter R. Breggin is a controversial psychiatrist from the United States.
		Breggin testified as an expert witness in the Wesbecker case (Fentress et al., 1994), which was one of the early lawsuits against Eli Lilly, makers of Prozac.
		Breggin, P.R. Neuropathology and cognitive dysfunction From ECT (Electroconvulsive/"shock" therapy).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Breggin (2158 words)

	Talking Back to Peter Breggin
		But Breggin dismisses this study as just a "hodgepodge of mostly local sources." He prefers instead to rely on his own firsthand conversations with physicians and teachers around the country that medication use is much higher than this study indicates it to be.
		Breggin draws upon quotes, facts, figures, and the personal musings of laypeople from many sources in the popular media, all of which are critical of ADHD or stimulant medications like Ritalin.
		Breggin's view must be seen for what it actually is -- a not-so-subtle form of parent-bashing that lays the blame for ADHD and other complex developmental and mental disorders at the feet of the child's parents, family, and school.
	www.quackwatch.org /04ConsumerEducation/NegativeBR/breggin.html (1679 words)

	Peter Breggin
		Breggin began private practice in the field of psychiatry in 1968, although he is not board certified by any organization, including the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
		Breggin is among the world's foremost critics of psychiatric drugs, and an advocate for psychological and social human services.
		Breggin's credentials are questioned by some of his critics, as he has chosen not to further challenge the rejection of his American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certification application.
	www.mrsci.com /Psychiatry/Peter_Breggin.php (759 words)

	Amazon.ca: Toxic Psychiatry: Books: Peter R Breggin M.D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Breggin notes that the medical training of today's biopsychiatrists ill-equips them for any other approach: They are taught to make diagnoses and prescribe medical treatments; their communication skills are undeveloped, and they know little about the art of listening to patients' problems.
		Breggin also has harsh words for health insurers that reimburse for drugs and psychiatric hospitalization but not for psychotherapy and social rehabilitation; coming under fire as well are schoolteachers who seek chemical solutions to classroom discipline problems, and parents who are unwilling to accept any blame for the psychological problems of their children.
		Breggin points out how the "twin studies," used to justify treatment of so-called schizophrenia with neuroleptic drugs, is flawed: that the shrinkage of brains of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia was most probably the result of at least ten years of treatment with massive doses of neuroleptic drugs and shock therapy.
	www.amazon.ca /Toxic-Psychiatry-Peter-Breggin-M-D/dp/0312113668 (2415 words)

	CABF e Bulletin: Talking About Peter Breggin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We must anticipate Breggin's arguments so that when friends and family become alarmed by his conspiracy theories and fearmongering and challenge our medical decisions, or a fearful spouse wields Breggin's books as a weapon against the other spouse's attempting to have a symptomatic child evaulated and treated, we can respond calmly and with scientific evidence.
		The real danger of Peter Breggin is not in his ideas, which he is free to discuss and we are free to refute, but in how he frightens vulnerable parents away from treating their children with mood-stabilizing medication, the only treatment (besides ECT) effective in bipolar disorder in adults (studies in children are sorely needed).
		The best argument against Breggin's conspiracy theory is the growing body of evidence that bipolar disorder may be a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving abnormal cell death in several areas of the brain.
	www.imakenews.com /cabf/e_article000011153.cfm (745 words)

	Lateline - 8/3/2001: Debate over chemical control of children . Australian Broadcasting Corp
		Dr Breggin is the international director of the Centre for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology which he founded almost 30 years ago.
		Peter Breggin, you told the US Congress not so long ago that the drugging of children with Ritalin has become a national catastrophe.
		DR PETER BREGGIN: I mean a reasonable person would think that giving a 6 or 8-year-old speed which disrupts at least three biochemical systems is somehow by magic going to make that child's brain work better.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/stories/s257292.htm (1650 words)

	The Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (CSPP)
		Peter R. Breggin, M.D. is a psychiatrist in full-time private practice in Bethesda, Maryland where he treats children, adults and families.
		Breggin is one of the world's foremost critics of biological psychiatry, including psychiatric drugs, and a strong advocate for psychological and social human services.
		Breggin is the author of a dozen books, including Toxic Psychiatry (1991), Talking Back to Ritalin (1998) Beyond Conflict (1992), and with Ginger Ross Breggin, Talking Back to Prozac (1994) and The War Against Children of Color (1998).
	www.heall.com /holistic_psychology/breggin.html (605 words)

	Examination of Eli Lilly's Contentions that the BMJ Prozac Documents were Never Missing and Have No Significance
		Breggin was selected as the scientific expert to evaluate the discovery materials and other relevant scientific sources on behalf of all the attorneys in the combined suits.
		Breggin has never met an attorney who was aware of their existence until informed by him based on his experience as the medical expert in the multi-district cases.
		Breggin tried to obtain that document before and after the Wesbecker case, and was finally told by letter from the FDA that they couldn't find it.
	www.ahrp.org /risks/SSRIbreggin0105.php (2876 words)

	Peter R. Breggin: Reclaiming Our Children: A Healing Solution for a Nation in Crisis - Bøger
		Breggin also is unrealistic about the ability of ordinary psychotherapeutic and parenting methods to address very challenging child symptoms and difficulties.
		Breggin presents a discussion of how American society does a disservice to our troubled school children by labelling them with psychiatric diagnoses and medicating them rather than critically examining the alienation and abandonment caused by family, schools, and communities.
		Peter Breggin continues to express his belief in the innate ability of children to heal and move their lives in a positive direction.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/product_details.php/0738204269 (1479 words)

	Peter Breggin, M.D. biography - psychiatrist, outspoken critic of damaging psychiatric treatments
		Peter R. Breggin writes of the dangers and abuses of psychiatric behavior modification techniques.
		Breggin sees the possibility for totalitarianism as one danger in the psychiatric use of behavior modification techniques.
		Breggin adds that his forthcoming as-yet-untitled mass market book for St. Martin's Press will explore "both the dangers of technological psychiatry (drugs, electroshock, genetic, and biochemical theories) and the value of psychological, social, spiritual, and political approaches to these same problems.
	www.ftrbooks.net /psych/bios/peter_breggin.htm (832 words)

	Amazon.ca: Talking Back to Prozac: Books: Peter Breggin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter Breggin picks through the studies used to justify Prozac's safety, often uncovering flaws and shoddy science.
		Breggin was right, and his critics, who accuse him of being shrill and unscientific, are describing themselves more than they describe Breggin.
		Peter Breggin is well known in the field of psychiatric medicine as being anti-all drugs.
	www.amazon.ca /Talking-Back-Prozac-Peter-Breggin/dp/1879371820 (2065 words)

	Some Notes on ADHD and Peter R. Breggin's Unfair Attack on Ritalin
		Breggin is not certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, which is the recognized agency for certifying psychiatrists.
		Breggin assumes that the descriptions were accurate, concludes that the techniques would work for all hyperactive children, and treats this anecdotal evidence as more important than well-designed studies in which children have been formally diagnosed and their behavior carefully monitored.
		Breggin, who states on page xvii that he never starts anyone on psychiatric medication, cites no source for this sweeping condemnation other than his own vaguely described observations (mostly with people who come to him because they are dissatisfied with their treatment).
	www.quackwatch.org /11Ind/breggin.html (3250 words)

	bmj.com Rapid Responses for Lenzer, 329 (7470) 816
		Breggin's resume lists serving as an expert witness in "approximately 40 cases" including in cases of criminal assault and murder in which he argues for use of antidepressants as a defense (http://www.breggin.com/resume.html).
		It is indeed true that Dr Breggin is not board certified in psychiatry, as is the case for over one-half of the graduates of his generation.
		Breggin P. Fluvoxamine as a cause of stimulation, mania, and aggression with a critical analysis of the FDA-approved label.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/eletters/329/7470/816-b (2842 words)

	Advocates for Self-Government - Libertarian Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter R. Breggin is one of the nation's most outspoken opponents of involuntary "psychiatric behavior modification" and dangerous drug therapies for children.
		Breggin says his goal is to defend the "values of personal freedom, civil liberties, and the well-being of the individual" against the "psycho-pharmaceutical complex" -- the government, drug companies, and the psychiatric establishment.
		Breggin, a practicing psychiatrist since 1968, is the author of Toxic Psychiatry (1991), Talking Back to Ritalin (1998); and The War Against Children (1994).
	www.self-gov.org /celebrities/peter-breggin.html (401 words)

	Breggin - Your Drug . . . Your Problem
		My personal discussions with Peter convinced me that he is one of the most sincere, committed, and knowledgeable experts in the realms of neurology, CNS biochemistry, and psychopharmacology.
		Peter Breggin, M.D., With a background that Time magazine describes as "pure establishment"--Harvard College, Case Western Reserve Medical School, and a teaching fellowship at Harvard Medical School, he has become an internationally known psychiatrist and author of a dozen books, including the bestselling Talking Back to Prozac and Talking Back to Ritalin.
		Peter Breggin and David Cohen take the reader through the risky pathways of psychiatric medication with accurate information as a guide.
	www.soulcare.org /Counseling/Breggin-Your-Drug.html (2286 words)

	Metapsychology Online Reviews - Toxic Psychiatry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter Breggin M.D. is a practising psychiatrist and is well known for his opposition to the use of various drugs in a psychiatric setting.
		Breggin suggests that 99% of all psychiatric disorders are worsened by the indiscriminate use of these 'psycho' drugs.
		For instance, Breggin laid out in great detail his opinions regarding the damage the drugs could provide but devoted little space to what the established view was in regards to the reasoning for the prescription of these drugs and the use of surgery and ECT.
	www.mentalhelp.net /books/books.php?type=de&id=19 (602 words)

	Friends of Freedom
		Breggin was among the first to warn about the dangers of SSRI withdrawal in his book Talking Back to Prozac (with Ginger Breggin, St. Martin's Press, 1994) and in two more recent books, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry (Springer Publishing Company, 1997) and The Antidepressant Fact Book (Perseus Books, 2001).
		Breggin stated that physicians and patients are not aware that many severe adverse drug effects can surface after the first or second dose of any SSRI antidepressant.
		Breggin is a medical expert in cases in which SSRI antidepressants, including Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa and Luvox, have caused suicidal and violent behavior in individuals while taking the drug rather than during withdrawal.
	www.friendsoffreedom.org /print.php?sid=1082 (1579 words)

	Reviews
		Peter Breggin is the director and founder of the Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology.
		Breggin predicted, in a 1995 article, that fifteen percent of our children in the United States would be medicated with one of these SSRI drugs by the year 2000.
		Breggin, Peter M.D. "Eric Harris was taking Luvox (a Prozac-like drug) at the time of the Littleton murders" 30 April 1999.
	voyager.dvc.edu /~bmckinney/kiss1.html (1176 words)

	Book Review - The War Against Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Breggin has uncovered what he calls a "network of private and public programs--funded by the pharmaceutical industry" aimed at inner city children with alleged defects that would make them violent adults.
		Breggin characterizes the diagnostic criteria for ADHD as "loose and subjective." He says "the public has been taught to think of ADHD as a specific 'mental illness' with a genetic and biochemical cause.
		According to Breggin, the symptoms of ADHD "often disappear when the children have something interesting to do..." Breggin feels that many of these children aren't getting enough attention from fathers, who for a variety of reasons are absent from the child's life.
	www.sacramentolda.org /observer/obs04/book.htm (450 words)

	Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D.
		Because Peter and Ginger are too important to us as an organization and to us as our treasured leaders and to us individually as people we care about for us to allow their being trashed in their own organization.
		[Breggin's] arguments lacked shape and direction, and he was making no attempt to explain some of the inherent ambiguities in his exposition; for example, how low serotonin activity seems consistent with both criminal behavior and depression.
		Peter Kramer apparently endorses Prozac as a way for people to get in touch with "the real self." Yet, he also endorses an existential explanation for abnormal behavior, and an existential approach to psychotherapy advocated by Hellmuth Kaiser in Louis B. Fierman's book entitled _The Therapist is the Therapy_ (1997).
	www.schaler.net /fifth/breggin.html (4579 words)

	The War Against Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter Breggin is the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Psychiatry located in Bethesda, Maryland.
		The Center was founded in 1971 as a nonprofit research and educational network concerned with the impact of psychiatry upon individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values.
		Breggin has found a whole field of mental health professionals--the counseling departments and counselors--who still embrace a wellness model.
	www.successfulschizophrenia.org /resources/ssbwar.html (173 words)

	Scientology --- Scientology's CCHR Advocates Child Sex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Breggin IS allied with the CCHR in spite of his protestations to the contrary.
		Ginger Breggin is co-author of "Talking Back to Prozac," a book that relies almost exclusively on "horror stories" collected by The Prozac Survivors Support Group, Inc. The Prozac Survivors Support Group, Inc., of which Peter Breggin was an officer, was established, organized and funded by the CCHR.
		Ginger Breggin may consider any linkage of herself to the CCHR as "libellous," but the courts don't appear to agree with her.
	www.holysmoke.org /cos/breggen.htm (573 words)

	The dangers of Ritalin
		Dr. Breggin notes that “In today’s society, the drugging of children to control their behavior is viewed as a medical activity, but it has little or nothing to do with the genuine practice of medicine.”[12] He also warns that Ritalin is being used to medicate children into submission.
		Dr. Breggin give an analogy that is quite easy to understand: people will react to adverse physical conditions, such as severe air pollution, depending upon their own physical condition.
		Dr. Breggin also firmly believes that parents “should never allow anyone, not even medical doctors, to give their children psychoactive (mind-altering) drugs for the control of emotions or behavior.”[41] Real solutions will not be found in drugging children into submission.
	www.bayside.org /news6/ritalin.htm (2753 words)

	ADHD Forums - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Support and Information Resources Community - Dr. Peter Breggin ...
		Without Breggin, plaintiffs Simon and Miriam Vinitski lacked an expert to support their case, and Allen granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment.
		Estimating the long-term effects of taking benzodiazepines, Breggin had extrapolated from studies of the short-term effects of the drug use, saying the combination of Valium with other like medications increases their toxicity and caused the plaintiff's permanent brain damage, according to the opinion.
		Breggin, of Ithaca, N.Y., is the author of "Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications." He's presented his findings and conclusions about the safety of psychiatric medications, shock therapy and other therapies at myriad conferences and universities.
	www.addforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=18139 (1129 words)

	Dr. Peter R Breggin's Biography
		Breggin has been informing the professions, media and the public about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, involuntary treatment, and the biological theories of psychiatry for over three decades.
		He is the author of dozens of scientific articles and nineteen professional books about psychiatric medication, the FDA and drug approval process, the evaluation of clinical trials, and standards of care in psychiatry and related fields.
		Breggin has also published approximately thirty peer-reviewed articles in the field of psychiatry.
	www.breggin.com /prbbio.html (589 words)

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