Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and Their Families Paperback – 30 July 2012

Le seul livre existant contre la médecine occidentale visant à nouer via leurs ordonnances. Son prix est tout à fait adéquat vu les explications par classe pharmaceutique de l'impact sur le cerveau, le processus de sevrage très complet aux antidouleurs, antidépresseurs, somnifères, beta bloquant... c'est le seul médecin s'étant impliqué toute sa vie pour soutenir les victimes du lobbying pharmaceutique très puissant aux USA et plus relativement en France. Livre pas aimé des praticiens, plein de vérites criantes à entendre!

Excellent book. I highly recommend it. I am a psychotherapist working with someone who has been on long term benzo use. It helps me understand clearly all of the issues as this person attempts to come off of this drug!!! It also helps me understand the politics in the psychiatric/medical system who are so "spellbound" by the hype around drug use that they often fail to consider some of the issues that Breggin addresses: unterdose withdrawal, medication spellbinding, incredible side effects in coming off these drugs... My hope is that this information is embraced by the medical establishment. Bravo to Dr. Breggin and his clearsighted and far sighted view.

Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal is yet another magnificent work penned from the equally magnificent and most courageous hand of Dr. Peter Breggin. More than just a practical critique of his chosen professions of psychiatry and psychotherapy, Dr. Breggin's new book not only acknowledges the innumerable flaws with the scientific "evidence" propagandized by institutional psychiatry, but offers useful information on the true terror of psychiatric drugs, including the horrendous side effects and the uncomfortable, often lethal effects of withdrawal associated with extended use. Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal is a well-informed and well-researched guide that is, quite frankly, a must-read for pediatricians, physicians, psychiatrists, government arbiters, public and private health care practitioners, psychologists, school counselors, patient advocacy groups, mass media, and, most important, the families of loved ones indoctrinated by the skewed ideology and rose-colored pharmaceutical propaganda that psychiatric medications - poisons, if you will, are, indeed, safe and void of any harmful risks. Yes, Mr. Mulder, the truth is definitely out there.

1980年代に「脳なき精神医学」的治療として批判された精神分析的精神療法は新興の薬物療法にとって代わられた。その後の精神医学は神経精神薬理学と画像診断学の進歩とともに生物学的な方向に進んでいったが、「心なき精神医学」として、モノアミン仮説・受容体仮説から成る薬物療法は不信感を抱かれるに至り、薬物療法偏重であったこれまでの精神科治療は曲がり角に来ている。Open Dialogueなどの代替療法とされていたものが次世代の主流となるのかもしれない。本著は、長年このような流れに警鐘を発してきたP.R.Bregginによる最新刊であり、急性期、慢性期における向精神薬の減薬の意義・退薬兆候・減薬を補完するものとしての精神療法に触れている。彼に対する批判もあるが、希死念慮を抱いた女性患者さんへの係わり方を読んでいると真摯な臨床家という新たな印象を受けた。米国人らしく、退薬兆候には薬物療法、退薬への情緒的精神的反応には精神療法と二分しており、その鑑別が困難な印象を受ける面もあるが、黙々と多剤処方を支えてくれていた薬剤師、これまで薬物療法とは一線を画していた臨床心理士を始めととするセラピスト達、当事者やそのご家族に読んでいただきたい著作である。

Bought it as reference material for a book that I'm currently writing.