Executive Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs & Violence
Executive Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs & Violence – Dr. Peter Breggin talked about the recent shootings and their possible relationship to psychiatric drugs. He lamented that the Obama administration has been pushing psychiatry as part of the effort to make schools safer. But psychiatrists typically prescribe medications to children, which “vastly empowers the drug companies,” and it’s fascistic to rely on psychiatry to police us, he commented. Further, data shows that people on antidepressants are 840% more likely to commit violence than if they were on other types of prescription drugs, he noted, adding that increased aggression and hostility were associated with antidepressants, stimulants, and mood stabilizers. Biography: Peter R. Breggin, MD is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former full-time consultant with NIMH who is in private practice in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Breggin also acts a medical expert in criminal, malpractice and product liability legal cases. He has been involved in landmark cases on behalf of patient rights in regard to antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs and tardive dyskinesia, electroshock, and lobotomy. Wikipedia Peter Roger Breggin (born May 11, 1936) is an American psychiatrist and critic of biological psychiatry and psychiatric medication. In his books, he advocates replacing psychiatry’s use of drugs and electroconvulsive therapy with humanistic approaches, such as psychotherapy, education, and broader human services. Breggin is the author of many books which are critical of modern …
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