The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour

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.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Dr. Terry Lynch - 09/26/12

With guest Dr. Terry Lynch, doctor, psychotherapist, and author of Beyond Prozac.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Penelope Andrade: Emotional Medicine Rx - 09/19/12

My guest Penelope Andrade opens a window in our emotions. Learn how to transcend your own seemingly overwhelming emotions as well as those of your clients, friends or family. A show with a good aura.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - Chabasinski Unleashed - 09/12/12

Imagine:  At age 6 you're given shock treatment and sent off to a state mental hospital.  You get your life together, become a lawyer, and a leader in the psychiatric surivivor movement.  Ted Chabasinski was so good I started applauding. Don't miss it.