Psychiatric Drug Facts
Peter
Breggin, M.D.
What your doctor may not know about:
How
psychiatric drugs really work
Adverse drug
effects on the brain and mind
The role of
the FDA
Drug company
practices
Recent
medical and legal developments
Electroshock
and psychosurgery
Last updated May
3, 2008
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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
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Review of
Stimulant Side Effects by Dr. Peter Breggin
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Benzodiazepines:
Adverse Effects and
Withdrawal
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Neuroleptics
"Antipsychotic" drugs
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| Prozac, Luvox, Paxil,
Zoloft,
Celexa Information
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Ritalin Manufacturer
Sued:
Read Dr. Peter Breggin's Affidavits
Legal News
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Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry

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