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# Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the "New Psychiatry"

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Review: Read before you take any psychiatric drugs - This is a book that needs to be read before one starts on psychiatric harmful drugs, but unfortunately many only find it when they are already caught in the web of unhealthy care. A must read for every psychiatrist, any one in the mental health field and for everyone pushing these drugs for money in the pharmaceutical industry. Consumers and family members should have to read this book before they are coerced or forced to take these very scary brain altering drugs.
Review: The last time was the worst. The police shot me down with four tasers - This book saved my life! Thanks to Dr. Breggin, I cured myself from being bipolar and have now been normal and creative without going crazy for twenty-five years. The problem was when I would write I would spiral into a manic high, then become psychotic. The next thing I knew, I was being picked up by the police and put in the proverbial rubber room. The last time was the worst. The police shot me down with four tasers. When I got out of the hospital that time I said, "Never again." I was told I was bipolar. I examined my life for the beliefs I had (the problem stemmed mostly from my religious beliefs and brainwashing growing up) and a combination of circumstances that caused me to have problems. (Divorce, job losses, etc.) I took charge of my life without doctors, and without drugs. I started directing myself doing what I loved so I could be creative as a writer and normal without going crazy. Psychiatrists were not helpful, drugs were not the answer (lithium to stay down, and Prozac when I got so far down I wanted to commit suicide). Now days I think people are better off having a coach to focus on what one wants and taking steps to achieve one's goals. I didn't have help being on a poverty income. However, I did write and I would write my "Dear God Letters," and from that got answers. Well, this is long, but I hope it helps anyone who is interested to know that no matter who you are, you have everything you need to thrive as you. That's basically what its all about. Be the great creative you. Find your voice, and a way to express all the beauty of who you are. I believe everyone has something special to contribute to this world. Basically, your job is to be you and make your love visible through who you are and what you do.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0312113668 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #245,372 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #74 in Medical History & Records (Books) #330 in Medical Psychotherapy TA & NLP #406 in Popular Psychology Psychotherapy |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (238) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1.07 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 9780312113667 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0312113667 |
| Item Weight  | 1.15 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 480 pages |
| Publication date  | August 15, 1994 |
| Publisher  | St. Martin's Griffin |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read before you take any psychiatric drugs
*by J***E on November 30, 2017*

This is a book that needs to be read before one starts on psychiatric harmful drugs, but unfortunately many only find it when they are already caught in the web of unhealthy care. A must read for every psychiatrist, any one in the mental health field and for everyone pushing these drugs for money in the pharmaceutical industry. Consumers and family members should have to read this book before they are coerced or forced to take these very scary brain altering drugs.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The last time was the worst. The police shot me down with four tasers
*by L***N on May 9, 2015*

This book saved my life! Thanks to Dr. Breggin, I cured myself from being bipolar and have now been normal and creative without going crazy for twenty-five years. The problem was when I would write I would spiral into a manic high, then become psychotic. The next thing I knew, I was being picked up by the police and put in the proverbial rubber room. The last time was the worst. The police shot me down with four tasers. When I got out of the hospital that time I said, "Never again." I was told I was bipolar. I examined my life for the beliefs I had (the problem stemmed mostly from my religious beliefs and brainwashing growing up) and a combination of circumstances that caused me to have problems. (Divorce, job losses, etc.) I took charge of my life without doctors, and without drugs. I started directing myself doing what I loved so I could be creative as a writer and normal without going crazy. Psychiatrists were not helpful, drugs were not the answer (lithium to stay down, and Prozac when I got so far down I wanted to commit suicide). Now days I think people are better off having a coach to focus on what one wants and taking steps to achieve one's goals. I didn't have help being on a poverty income. However, I did write and I would write my "Dear God Letters," and from that got answers. Well, this is long, but I hope it helps anyone who is interested to know that no matter who you are, you have everything you need to thrive as you. That's basically what its all about. Be the great creative you. Find your voice, and a way to express all the beauty of who you are. I believe everyone has something special to contribute to this world. Basically, your job is to be you and make your love visible through who you are and what you do.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic review of the dangers of psychiatric practices
*by R***K on January 15, 2011*

I've only recently received my copy of Toxic Psychiatry, and as yet not finished the whole book, but the information within is very informative and well researched. Psychiatry is a plaque on Mankind. Psychiatric medications frequently cause more damage than they help, and often produce the very symptoms of the 'illness' they are supposed to treat. There are much more effective means of helping individuals experiencing emotional or mental distress. Psychology for example uses the same research, yet offers non-drug treatments that are often more effective than the drug treatments, and come with less withdrawal symptoms or relapse. I've not yet read the section on autism but have read several negative responses from people about this particular section. While my own personal knowledge surrounding autism is limited, there has been a vast increase in those diagnosed as autistic. I will not comment on if I believe this to be a physical brain dysfunction or mental dysfunction, the increase in autism has been linked to vaccines containing mercury (under the name Thimerisol/Thimerosal, a mercury derivative). The modern mental health system is soon to change. The truth of what these 'mental illnesses' are is soon to come to light, and they are not, nor ever were diseases. I personally experienced more than a dozen of these so called 'illnesses' for a period of over 10 years, so I understand what they feel like, and I have recently become interested in the research so also have the scientific data (which includes a vast amount more than just Breggin's research alone). I applaud Dr. Breggin for his many years of working with people to help them heal, for his many years of intensive research, and his unwavering drive to expose the dangers of the menace that is biological psychiatry.

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