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Toxic Psychiatry Why Therapy Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs Electroshock and Biochemical Theories of the New Psychiatry
Author: Peter R. Breggin
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?In this searing, myth-shattering exposé, psychiatrist P...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312059750
ISBN-10: 0312059752
Publication Date: 8/1991
Pages: 464
Edition: 1st ed.
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Publisher: St Martins Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Interesting ideas on psychiatry; too much emphasis on drugs and not enough attention to what is causing the problem. As a former psych nurse, this was an interesting read for me.


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