Peter  Breggin, M.D. began the full time private practice of psychiatry in 1968.  Dr. Peter 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. Since 1964 Dr. Peter Breggin has been publishing peer-reviewed articles and medical books in his subspecialty of clinical psychopharmacology. He is the author of dozens of scientific articles and more than 20 professional books, many dealing with psychiatric medication, the FDA and drug approval process, the evaluation of clinical trials, and standards of care in psychiatry and related fields. 
     For thirty years Dr. Breggin has served as a medical expert in many civil and criminal suits including individual malpractice cases and product liability suits against the manufacturers of psychiatric drugs.  His work has provided the scientific basis for the original combined Prozac suits, for many tardive dyskinesia cases, and for label changes in many psychiatric drugs. 
      Dr. Breggin's background includes Harvard College, Case Western Reserve Medical School, a teaching fellowship at Harvard Medical School, a two-year staff appointment to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and a faculty appointment to the Johns Hopkins University Department of Counseling.
     In 1972 Dr. Peter Breggin founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) as a nonprofit research and educational network.  The Center is concerned with the impact of mental health theory and practices upon individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values.  He also founded the peer-review journal, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry.  In 2002, Dr. Peter Breggin and his wife Ginger selected new and younger professionals to take over leadership of the journal and ICSPP (see ICSPP.org).

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SSRI - InducedViolence, Suicide& Abnormal Behavior  NEW	Review of Stimulant Side Effects by Dr. Peter Breggin   NEW	Benzodiazepines: Adverse Effects and Withdrawal	Neuroleptics "Antipsychotic" drugs
Prozac, Luvox, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa Information	Ritalin Manufacturer Sued: Read Dr. Peter Breggin's Affidavits Legal News	Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry NEW	Tardive Dyskinesia and Tardive Dementia caused by Neuroleptic Drugs
Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa/Diabetes Cases for $690 Million (2005) NEW Legal News	Congress Investigates Ritalin & ADHD--Dr. Peter Breggin Testifies	Menninger Clinic Found Negligent by Jury After Patient Dies in Clinical Drug Trial  Legal News	$1.6 Million Tardive Dyskinesia Verdict on October 14, 2005 NEW Legal News
Glaxo Paxil Suit Resolved (2002) Legal News	Schools Reporting Parents to Social Services when Family wants to Avoid Ritalin	$7.5 Million  Awarded by Jury in Psychosurgery Case Against Cleveland Clinic June 10, 2002 Legal News	<>$6.7 million Awarded by Jury in Risperdal Tardive Dyskinesia Case Legal News
Judges Reduce Sentences in Latest Paxil and Prozac Criminal Cases	Articles on Ritalin, Adderall, Other Stimulants, ADHD and Diagnosing Children	The New Lobotomists: Cingulotomy and Capsulotomy Resurge at Harvard and Brown Unviversities	Jury Awards $1.3 million to Tardive Dyskinesia Victim--Appeals Judge Increases Award to $2 million citing Dr. Peter Breggin's testimony Legal News
Paxil Withdrawal Suit Resolved Legal News	Peter Breggin Calls for Moratorium on Psychiatric Drugs for Young Children	Shock Treatment --Its Brain-Damaging Effects Legal News Jury Awards $635,000 in Shock Suit	TD Case Settled After Peter Breggin Testimony Legal News
Judge Discovers Secret Prozac Settlement --Overturns Trial Verdict Legal News	Psychiatry, Genetics and Racism--The Federal Violence Initiative	Electroshock Regulations Proposed Review of Electroshock Therapy by Dr. Breggin	Landmark Victory in First Canadian Tardive Dyskinesia Trial Legal News
Dr. Peter Breggin Analyzes the Eli Lilly Prozac-Induced Suicide and Violence Documents Now in Possession of the British Medical Journal (BMJ)	A Case of Xanax and Prozac Mania Results in Reduced Sentence	1999 Peter Breggin Report to the JCAHO on Physical Restraints	Additional Legal Cases Legal News
Prozac: "Warning: this wonder drug could seriously damage your health"	Brief  for the Resolved Legal Paxil Withdrawal Suit Legal News	Involuntary Intoxication by Psychiatric Drugs Sets Virginia Legal Precedent Legal News	German Translations of Dr. Peter Breggin Articles
The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology - ICSPP	Subscribe to the journal: Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry	Fenfluramine Damage to the Brain and Mind	Ginger Breggin  Web master

 

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