Psychiatric Drug Facts with Dr. Peter Breggin

Dr. Peter Breggin will be speaking at these upcoming events

July 17, 2010, Ithaca, NY at 2-4:30 pm. Dr. Breggin will appear with novelist Pamela Glasner for an unusual and exciting joint book talk and signing at Barnes and Noble on July 17, 2010. Both will be talking about their books, their experiences and, each in their own way, their personal -- and very passionate -- commitments to rectify a troubling situation which literally effects everyone from every walk of life. Dr. Breggin will discuss his book Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime (St. Martin’s Press, 2008). Ms. Glasner will talk about her novel, Finding Emmaus. Ms. Glasner’s novel is a fascinating read that delves deeply into human nature and the experience of empathy in our lives. Both authors are interesting, compelling speakers and this promises to be a wonderful afternoon.

August 12, 2010, Charleston, West Virginia. Dr. Breggin is the keynote speaker on “The Hazards of Psychiatric Medication and the Importance of Empathic Therapy” at the "Lest We Forget” PTSD Conference August 12, 2010- 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Blessed John XXIII Pastoral Center, 100 Hodges Road, Charleston, West Virginia. The public is welcome! For more information, click here.

Fall 2010 and Spring 2011, Dr. Peter Breggin is teaching at SUNY Oswego in the graduate school Department of Counseling in the fall of 2010 and the spring of 2011. The 3-credit graduate courses are open to Master’s Degree students and to students who are not matriculated at SUNY Oswego. Auditors will be considered but are required to pay tuition. For details, click here.

April 8-10, 2011, Syracuse, New York. Plan for the future: Dr. Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference in Syracuse, New York. The Conference will be all day Friday and Saturday, and Sunday until 1 pm. Conference fee includes lunches for Friday & Saturday and a continental breakfast for Sunday as well as a special 'meet the authors' evening Friday night with dessert and refreshments.

Come join us for 3 exciting days of speakers and breakout sessions. Our conference will be inspiring, informative, and fun with lots of opportunity to meet and visit with Peter and Ginger Breggin and the other exceptional presentors. We have more than two dozen speakers including outstanding practitioners and professors of psychiatry, counseling, psychology, social work and education, nurses, therapists, stress management specialists, public advocates, clinical directors and addiction specialists.

It’s not too soon to sign up for the Early Bird specials. www.EmpathicTherapy.org

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Dr. Peter Breggin and Colleagues
Launch New Reform Organization &
Annual Spring Conference

Peter R. Breggin, MD is no longer affiliated with the Center for the Study of Psychiatry, informally known as International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, which he founded and led from 1972-2002, and Dr. Breggin will not participate in its conferences. Dr. Breggin and his colleagues will hold their new annual spring conference April 8-10, 2011. Details are available at http://www.empathictherapy.org.

WARNING!

Most psychiatric drugs can cause withdrawal reactions, sometimes including life-threatening emotional and physical withdrawal problems. In short, it is not only dangerous to start taking psychiatric drugs, it can also be dangerous to stop them. Withdrawal from psychiatric drugs should be done carefully under experienced clinical supervision. Methods for safely withdrawing from psychiatric drugs are discussed in Dr. Breggin's books, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex (New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2008) and Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008).