Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families Paperback – July 19, 2012
Author: Peter R. Breggin MD | Language: English | ISBN: 0826108431 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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About the Author
Peter R. Breggin, MD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former full-time consultant at NIMH. He is in private practice in Ithaca, New York, and the author of dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books. Some of his many books include Toxic Psychiatry, Talking Back to Ritalin, The Antidepressant Fact Book, and The Heart of Being Helpful: Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence, and, with co-author Ginger Breggin, Talking Back to Prozac. His most recent publications include Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime (2008) and Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex, Second Edition (SPC, 2008). Dr. Breggin is the founder and director of The Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education and Living (www.EmpathicTherapy.org) His professional website is www.breggin.com.
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- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (July 19, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0826108431
- ISBN-13: 978-0826108432
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
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Being in the substance abuse field as a counselor I find Dr Breggins new book Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal esp. helpful when dealing with my CT's since they all present in detox in a condition of drug withdrawal from different drugs, mostly opiates. Dr Breggin explains what to expect in a brief write up, that opiate/opioid withdrawal is not as damaging as psychiatric drug withdrawal.
When a CT presents with opiate/opioid withdrawal symptoms they are given methadone and Seroquel for sleep. As Dr Breggin says, CBI is more present from psychiatric drugs that are used in a detox than the opiates/opioid drug that the CT is being detoxed from. (pg 94) Page 95 explains that opiate/opioid withdrawal is more predictable than that of psychiatric drug withdrawal.
I'm glad he has clarified things with his writings. His professional help is valued by all sorts
of medical professionals. Dr Breggin also explains that women have more difficulty than men cause a woman's mentrual cycle can confuse withdrawal symptoms so that its difficult to distinguish if she is having withdrawal symptoms or menstrual reactions.
I can truly call Dr Breggin as the reform psychiatrist. He takes the time and effort to get things in the right order so that people can have an awareness of the dangers that lurk behind the pharmaceutical industry. Key points page 256 really puts a fine emphasis on the role that parents should have in the medication situations with their children.
Dr Breggin has provided a fantastic guide for doctors who find themselves trying to get a patient off of a drug, esp. anti-depressants, benzodiazepines and neurolyptics. The pharmaceutical industry is more concerned on putting a patient on a drug rather than getting a patient off of a drug.
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