The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Drug-Induced Violence with Thomas Moore - 04/30/14

An extraordinary researcher Thomas Moore joins me to talk about violence caused by drugs, including some like Chantyx you might never suspect, and about the highest risk drugs among children, including not only ADHD drugs, but others again you wouldn't suspect.  This show is an informative as an hour can get.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Chrisanne Gordon, MD - 04/23/14

Chrisanne Gordon, MD, her own life transformed by a traumatic brain injury, became an expert at helping returning soldiers suffering from physical and emotional trauma.  Her personal story and her work explores what it means to be human and to find within yourself a spiritual connection that can triumph over injury to the mind and brain.   A wonderful hour that's relevant to all of us!

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 04/16/14

Thomas D. Ryan, MD is a pediatrician so principled and honorable that once he realized it was wrong to psychiatrically diagnose and drug children he stopped doing it and instead began to provide children with what they need.   Dr. Ryan is an inspiration and, if listened to, could spearhead a return to sound pediatric practice and save the quality of life of millions of children and future adults.  

 

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Data and Outrage on Psychiatric Drugs - 04/09/14

Bob Brewin, investigative reporter, provides the data and I provide the outrage and the analysis on the extraordinarily abusive psychiatric drug practices involving our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as afterward in the VA.  The drug companies found the ideal top-down market for their drugs: Get the army to give them to active duty combat soldiers--a mind-boggling 20% of them.  Unsupervised young men and women carry into combat 90-120 day supplies of all the most dangerous drugs: benzos like Xanax, stimulants like amphetamine; antidepressants like Paxil and Prozac; and antipsychotic drugs like the old Trilafon and the new Seroquel.  Hear an in depth expose and examination of the Psychopharmaceutical Complex at its worst and the irresponsible psychiatrists who so eagerly enforce it.  A tour de force of psychiatry at its worst. 

Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Prosocial Education - 04/02/14

My guest Michael W. Corrigan EdD is an enormously experienced psychologist and educator who has worked for decades promoting more positive "prosocial" education. We discuss everything from the flaws of international testing that rank American education too low to what children really need which is... their parents! A frontier in education show with lots of information on ADHD and better approaches to helping children.  

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Martha Rosenberg - 03/26/14

My guest Martha Rosenberg is a genuine investigate reporter. Did you know the feds are developing a "vaccine"  for alcoholism and drug addiction? Or that Sgt Bales who murdered innocent Afghans was taking Larium, an anti-malarial drug that causes violence and suicide?  A spirited discussion.  Listen and learn from Martha.   

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Frontiers of Psychosocial Theory with Dr. Peter Kinderman - 03/19/14

My guest Dr. Peter Kinderman heads a large Institute of Psychology, Health and Society in Great Britain, and gives us a window on the advances being made in GB compared to the US in mental health services.  He also provides wisdom and insight into the frontiers of psychosocial theory and practice, including the origins of emotional disturbance. A very thoughtful and educational hour. 

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Psychosis and Healing - 03/12/14

With guest psychologist Michael Cornwall, who himself as been through madness, this is the most profound examination of psychosis, its causes and healing, you will ever hear. Frightening warnings with an even more positive message. Listen and pass it on.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 03/05/14

My guest Jon Rappoport, a truth-seeking, brilliant journalist, takes over the first half of my hour with a searing analysis of psychiatry's flaws, and when I arrive at the half hour he interviews me about my earliest days in the psychiatric maelstrom with real-life anecdotes about my younger days. Different and very interesting.

 

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 02/26/14

My guest Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD is doing exactly what's needed in the field of mental health:  offering the world a self-help program that works so well it can keep people out of mental hospitals and improve their lives forever. The Psychopharmaceutical Complex will never surrender power. We need a range of personally-tailored alternatives that people can use for their own recovery and self-empowering. Thank you, Dr. Copeland.