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<p>Prozac, Xanax, Halcion, Haldol, Lithium. These psychiatric drugs—and dozens of other short-term "solutions"—are being prescribed by doctors across the country as a quick antidote to depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric problems. But at what cost?</p> <p>In this searing, myth-shattering exposé, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., breaks through the hype and false promises surrounding the "New Psychiatry" and shows how dangerous, even potentially brain-damaging, many of its drugs and treatments are. He asserts that: psychiatric drugs are spreading an epidemic of long-term brain damage; mental "illnesses" like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorder have never been proven to be genetic or even physical in origin, but are under the jurisdiction of medical doctors; millions of schoolchildren, housewives, elderly people, and others are labeled with medical diagnoses and treated with authoritarian interventions, rather than being patiently listened to, understood, and helped.</p> <p><i>Toxic Psychiatry</i> sounds a passionate, much-needed wake-up call for everyone who plays a part, active or passive, in America's ever-increasing depe

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Author

Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312113667

Category

science

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Medical, Fiction

Rating

3.96 / 5 (199 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14