The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Psychiatry and Mass Shootings - 12/26/12

Fear of gun massacres has led to calls for more psychiatric power over people, including involuntary treatment and a national mental patient registry.  My Guest is attorney Jim Gottstein, a pioneer in patient rights. Learn about the menace to everyone from giving more power to psychiatry.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Raising Good Kids - 12/19/12

My guest, Carolyn Crowder PhD, is an extremely skilled educator who specializes in helping parents to respectfully raise empathic, caring children.   This is a very good show for anyone interested in children and family life.

Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Cutting Edge Neuroscience - 12/12/12

Dr. Bruce Perry, neuroscientist and child psychiatrist, coauthor of Born to Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, presents the latest science on the interface between brain biology, empathy, and the provision of genuine help.  A unique and very informative discussion.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Robert Neimeyer - 12/05/12

Robert Neimeyer, PhD, an expert in grief and bereavement, shares profound insights with me on the nature of loss and how to integrate it into our emotional and spiritual lives.  This moving hour is about life itself.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Innovative Approaches to Mental Health Problems - 11/28/12

My guest, Bob Nikkel, former director of mental health and addictions for the State of Oregon, talks with me about innovative approaches to serious mental health problems including family interventions for early psychosis and dual diagnosis twelve step programs that actually succeed in helping recovery.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Walter E. Jacobson MD - 11/21/12

My guest is Los Angeles psychiatrist Walter E. Jacobson MD, author of Forgive to Win!, who shares his remarkable journey to his current positive spiritual approach to life and to therapy. Inspiring for Thanksgiving 2012!

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Reform Work Part I - 11/14/12

This hour is Part I on the history of my reform work, with emphasis on lessons for the present time.  I take the listener through my work as a college volunteer, then medical school and psychiatric residency, showing the dramatic transformation from a profession with a psychosocial wing to a profession that pushes nothing but the biological model.  I'll pick up the story with my 1970s anti-lobotomy campaign at a future date.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Antidepressants & Pregnancy - 10/17/12

A landmark in medicine show. My guest ObGyn Adam Urato, MD describes the enormous risks of taking antidepressants when pregnant or nursing, and the broader implications for taking them at all. Probably the most informative discussion ever available.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - The Myth of the Chemical Cure - 10/10/12

My guest Joanna Moncrieff, British psychiatrist and author of "The Myth of the Chemical Cure," explores the frontiers of psychiatry with me.  Be with us--way ahead of conventional psychiatry!

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Rethinking Madness - 10/03/12

Interview with Dr. Paris Williams, author of Rethinking Madness.