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<p>This is the first book to establish guidelines and to assist prescribers and therapists in withdrawing their patients from psychiatric drugs, including those patients with long-term exposure to antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, stimulants, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers. It describes a method developed by the author throughout years of clinical experience, consultations with experienced colleagues, and scientific research. Based on a person-centered collaborative approach, with patients as partners, this method builds on a cooperative and empathic team effort involving prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families or support network.</p><p>The author, known for such books as <i>Talking Back to Prozac, Toxic Psychiatry, </i>and <i>Medication Madness</i>, is a lifelong reformer and scientist in mental health whose work has brought about significant change in psychiatric practice. This book provides critical information about when to consider psychiatric drug reduction or withdrawal, and how to accomplish it as safely, expeditiously, and comfortably as possible. It offers the theoretical framework underlying this approach along with extensive scientific informati

Author

Peter R. Breggin, MD

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826108432

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Medicine