Books Books with co-authors • Breggin, P. R. Breggin, G. R., and Bemak, F. (Editors) (2002).
Dimensions of Empathic Therapy. New York: Springer Publishing Company. . • Breggin, P. R. and Cohen, D. (1999)
Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why To Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications. Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Books. • Breggin, P. R. and Breggin, G. R. (1998).
The war against children of color. Psychiatry Targets Inner City Youth. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press. • Breggin, P. R. (senior editor)
Psychosocial Approaches to Deeply Disturbed Persons. (1996) New York: Haworth Press. • Breggin, P. R. and Breggin, G. R. (1994). ''The War Against Children: How the Drugs, Programs, and Theories of the Psychiatric Establishment Are Threatening America's Children with a Medical 'Cure' for Violence''. New York: St. Martin's Press. • Breggin, P. R. and Breggin, G. R. (1994). ''Talking Back To Prozac: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Today's Most Controversial Drug''. New York: St. Martin's Press. • Breggin, Peter R., with co-authors Carter Umbarger, James Dalsimer, Andrew Morrison (1962).
College Students in a Mental Hospital: Contribution to the Social Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill New York: Grune & Stratton.
Articles Scientific Papers • Breggin, PR (2021). "Making psychiatric drug withdrawal as safe as possible"
. In Peter Lehmann & Craig Newnes (Eds.), Withdrawal from Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs. Berlin / Lancaster: Peter Lehmann Publishing, pp. 439–455. • Breggin, PR. (2016). "Rational Principles of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Healthcare Providers and Clients".
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 46:1–13. • "Understanding and Overcoming Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Based on Theory of Negative Legacy Emotions" (2015). Chapter 5 of
Promoting Psychological Well-Being in Children and Families. Edited by Bruce Kirkcaldy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. • Breggin, PR. (2015). "The biological evolution of guilt, shame and anxiety: A new theory of negative legacy emotions".
Medical Hypotheses 85, 17–24 • Breggin, PR. (2015)."Understanding and Helping People with Hallucinations Based on the Theory of Negative Legacy Emotions".
The Humanistic Psychologist, 43: 70–87 • Breggin, PR. "TBI, PTSD, and psychiatric drugs. A perfect storm for causing abnormal mental states and aberrant behavior". In Brock, H. and Else, R.C. (Eds). ''The Attorney's Guide to Defending Veterans in Criminal Court''. Minneapolis: Veterans Defense Project. Chapter 10, pp. 251–264, 2014.
Psychology, Life, and Overcoming Negative Emotions • Breggin (2016). "Rational Principles of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Healthcare Providers and Clients".
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy • Breggin, PR. Chapter 5 of
Promoting Psychological Well-Being in Children and Families. Edited by Bruce Kirkcaldy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. • Breggin, PR. (2015). "The biological evolution of guilt, shame and anxiety: A new theory of negative legacy emotions".
Medical Hypotheses 85, 17–24 • Breggin, PR. (2015). "Understanding and Helping People with Hallucinations Based on the Theory of Negative Legacy Emotions".
The Humanistic Psychologist, 43: 70–87. • Breggin, PR (2008). "Practical Applications: 22 Guidelines for Counseling and Psychotherapy".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 10, 43–57, 2008.
Peer-reviewed publications 1. Breggin, Peter. "The Psychophysiology of Anxiety".
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 139, 558–568, 1964. 2. Breggin, Peter. "Coercion of Voluntary Patients in an Open Hospital".
Archives of General Psychiatry, 10:173–181, 1964. Reprinted with a new introduction in Edwards, R.B. (ed):Psychiatry and Ethics. Buffalo, Prometheus Books, 1982, and in Edwards, R.B. (ed): Ethics of Psychiatry. Amherst, New York, Prometheus Books, 1997. 3. Breggin, Peter. "The Sedative-like Effect of Epinephrine".
Archives of General Psychiatry,12, 255–259, 1965. 4. Malev, J.S.; Breggin, P.R. et al. "For Better or for Worse: A Problem in Ethics".
International Psychiatric Clinics, 2(3), 603–24, 1965. 5. Breggin, Peter. "Psychotherapy as Applied Ethics".
Psychiatry, 34:59–75, 1971. 6. Breggin, Peter. "Lobotomy: An Alert".
The American Journal of Psychiatry, 129:97, 1972. 7. Breggin, Peter. "Psychosurgery".
JAMA, 226:1121, 1973. 8. Breggin, Peter. "The Second Wave of Psychosurgery".
M/H (Mental Health), 57:10–13, 1973. 9. Breggin, Peter. "Therapy as Applied Utopian Politics".
Mental Health and Society, 1:129–146, 1974. 10. Lundy PJ and Breggin, Peter. "Psychiatric oppression of prisoners".
Psychiatric Opinion. 11(3):30–7, 1974. 11. Breggin, Peter. "Psychosurgery for Political Purposes".
Duquesne Law Review, 13:841–862, 1975. 12. Breggin, Peter. "Psychiatry and Psychotherapy as Political Processes".
American Journal of Psychotherapy, 29:369–382, 1975. 13. Breggin, Peter. "Madness is a Failure of Free Will; Therapy Too Often Encourages It".
Psychiatric Quarterly, 53:61–68, 1981. Originally published (in French) in
Verdiglione A (ed): "La Folie Dans La Psychoanalyse". Paris, Payot, 1977. 14. Breggin, Peter. "Electroconvulsive therapy for depression".
The New England Journal of Medicine, 27;303(22):1305–6, 1980. 15. Breggin, Peter. "Electroshock Therapy and Brain Damage: The Acute Organic Brain Syndrome as Treatment".
Behavior and Brain Sciences, 7:24–25, 1984. 16. Breggin, Peter. "Neuropathology and Cognitive Dysfunction from ECT". Electroconvulsive Consensus Development Conference Programs and Abstracts, pp. 59–64, 1985. Sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the NIH Office of Medical Applications Research. Bethesda, Maryland, June 10–12, 1985 at the National Institutes of Health. 17. Breggin, Peter. "Neuropathology and Cognitive Dysfunction from ECT".
Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 22:476–479, 1986. 18. Breggin, Peter. "Brain damage from nondominant ECT".
The American Journal of Psychiatry, 143(10):1320–1, 1986. 19. Breggin, Peter and de Girolamo, G. "Ellettroshock: Tra Rischioiatrogeno e Mito Terapeutico".
Quaderni Italiani di Psychiatrica, 6:497–540, 1987. 20. Breggin, Peter. "Precious the Crow".
Voices (journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists), 23:32–42, Summer 1987. 21. Breggin, Peter. "The Three Dynamics of Human Progress: A Unified Theory Applicable to Individuals, Institutions and Society".
Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, 21(1–3):97–123, 1988–89. 22. Breggin, Peter. "Addiction to Neuroleptics?"
The American Journal of Psychiatry, 146(4):560, 1989. 23. Breggin, Peter. "Dr. Breggin replies".
The American Journal of Psychiatry, 146(9):1240, 1989. 24. Breggin, Peter. "Brain Damage, Dementia and Persistent Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Neuroleptic Drugs: Evidence, Etiology, Implications".
Journal of Mind Behavior, 11:425–464, 1990. 25. Breggin, Peter. "Psychotherapy in the Shadow of the Psycho-Pharmaceutical Complex".
Voices (journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists), 27:15–21, 1991 26. Weinberg MH and Breggin, Peter. "The homeless mentally ill".
The American Journal of Psychiatry, 148(5):690–1, 1991. 27. Breggin, Peter. "A Case of Fluoxetine-induced Stimulant Side Effects with Suicidal Ideation Associated with a Possible Withdrawal Syndrome ('Crashing')".
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, 3:325–328, 1992 28. Breggin, Peter. "Parallels Between Neuroleptic Effects and Lethargic Encephalitis: The Production of Dyskinesias and Cognitive disorders".
Brain and Cognition, 23:8–27, 1993. 29. Breggin, Peter and Breggin, Ginger Ross. "A Biomedical Programme for Urban Violence Control in the US: The Dangers of Psychiatric Social Control".
Changes: An International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 11(1) (March):59–71, 1993. 30. Breggin, Peter. "Psychiatry's Role in the Holocaust".
International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 4:133–148, 1993. Adapted from a paper delivered at "Medical Science Without Compassion" in Cologne, Germany and published in the conference proceedings. 31. Breggin PR. "Genetics and crime".
Science, 262(5139):1498, 1993. 32. Breggin, Peter. "Encephalitis lethargica".
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 7(3), 387, 1995.` 33. Breggin, Peter. "Campaigns Against Racist Federal Programs by the Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology".
Journal of African American Men, 1(3), 3–22, Winter 1995/96. 34. Breggin, Peter. "Should the Use of Neuroleptics Be Severely Limited?"
Changes: An International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 14:62–66 March 1996. 35. Breggin, Peter and Breggin, Ginger Ross. "The Hazards of Treating 'Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder' with Methylphenidate (Ritalin)"
Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 10:55–72, 1996. 36. Breggin, Peter. "Psychotherapy in Emotional Crises without Resort to Psychiatric Medication".
The Humanistic Psychologist, 25:2–14, 1998. 37. Breggin, Peter. "Analysis of Adverse Behavioral Effects of Benzodiazepines with a Discussion of Drawing Scientific Conclusions from the FDA's Spontaneous Reporting System".
Journal of Mind and Behavior, 19:21–50, 1998. 38. Breggin, Peter. "Electroshock: Scientific, ethical, and political issues".
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, 11:5–40, 1998. 39. Breggin, Peter. "Does clozapine treatment cause brain disease?"
Archives of General Psychiatry, 55(9):845, 1998. 40. Breggin, Peter. "Psychostimulants in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD: Part I—Acute risks and psychological effects".
Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 1:13–33, 1999. 41. Breggin, Peter. "Psychostimulants in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD: Part II—Adverse effects on brain and behavior".
Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 1:213–241, 1999. 42. Breggin, Peter. "Psychostimulants in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD: Risks and mechanism of action".
International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 12 (1), 3–35, 1999. (Simultaneously published version of #24 and 25) 43. Breggin, Peter. "Empathic self-transformation and love in individual and family therapy".
Humanistic Psychologist, 27:267–282, 1999. 44. Breggin, Peter. "Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder".
JAMA, 281(16):1490–1, 1999. 45. Breggin, Peter. "What psychologists and psychotherapists need to know about ADHDand stimulants".
Changes: An International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 18:13–23, Spring 2000 46. Breggin, Peter. "The NIMH multimodal study of treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A critical analysis".
International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 13:15–22, 2000. Also published in
Ethical Human Sciences and Services. 47. Breggin, Peter. "MTA study has flaws".
Archives of General Psychiatry, 58:1184, 2001. 48. Breggin, Peter. "Empowering social work in the era of biological psychiatry". The annual Ephraim Lisansky lecture of the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 3:197–206, 2001. 49. Breggin, Peter. "Questioning the treatment for ADHD".
Science, 291(5504):595, 2001. 50. Breggin, Peter. "Fluvoxamine as a cause of stimulation, mania, and aggression with a critical analysis of the FDA-approved label".
International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 14: 71–86, 2002. Simultaneously published in
Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 4, 211–227, 2002. 51. Breggin, Peter. "Psychopharmacology and human values".
Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 43: 34–49, 2003. 52. Breggin, Peter. "Suicidality, violence and mania caused by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs): A review and analysis".
International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 16: 31–49, 2003/2004. Simultaneously published in
Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 5:225–246, 2003. 53. Breggin, Peter. "Re: Mud Splatters".
British Medical Journal, October 14, 2004. 54. Breggin, Peter. "Recent U.S., Canadian and British regulatory agency actions concerning antidepressant-induced harm to self and others: A review and analysis".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 7, 7–22, 2005. Simultaneously published in the International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 16, 247–259, 2005. 55. Breggin, Peter. "Recent regulatory changes in antidepressant labels: Implications for activation (stimulation) in clinical practice".
Primary Psychiatry, 13, 57–60, 2006. 56. Breggin, Peter. "Court filing makes public my previously suppressed analysis of Paxil's effects".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 8, 77–84, 2006. 57. Breggin, Peter. "How GlaxoSmithKline suppressed data on Paxil-induced akathisia: Implications for suicide and violence".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 8, 91–100, 2006.14 58. Breggin, Peter. "Drug company suppressed data on paroxetine-induced stimulation: Implications for violence and suicide".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 8, 255–263, 2006. 59. Breggin, Peter. "Intoxication anosognosia: The spellbinding effect of psychiatric drugs".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 8, 201–215, 2006. Simultaneously published in the International Journal of Risk and Safety and Medicine, 19, 3–15, 2007. 60. Breggin, Peter. "ECT damages the brain: Disturbing news for patients and shock doctors alike".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 9, 83–86, 2007. 61. Breggin, Peter and Breggin, Ginger Ross. "Exposure to SSRI antidepressants in utero causes birth defects, neonatal withdrawal symptoms and brain damage".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 10, 5–9, 2008. 62. Donald Marks; Breggin, Peter; and Braslow, Derek. "Homicidal ideation causally related to therapeutic medications".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 10, 134–145, 2008. 63. Breggin, Peter "Practical Applications: 22 Guidelines for Counseling and Psychotherapy".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 10, 43–57, 2008. 64. Breggin, Peter. "Antidepressant-induced suicide, violence, and mania: Risks for military personnel".
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 12, 111–121, 2010. 65. Breggin, Peter. "The FDA should test the safety of ECT machines".
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, 22, 89–92, 2010. 66. Breggin, Peter. "Psychiatric drug-induced Chronic Brain Impairment (CBI): Implications for longterm treatment with psychiatric medication".
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, 23: 193–200, 2011. 67. Breggin, Peter. "The Rights of Children and Parents in Regard to Children Receiving Psychiatric Drugs".
Children & Society, 28, 231–241, 2014. 68. van Daalen-Smith, Cheryl; Adam, Simon; Breggin, Peter; and LeFrançois, Brenda A. "The Utmost Discretion: How Presumed Prudence Leaves Children Susceptible to Electroshock".
Children & Society, 28, 205–217, 2014. 69. Breggin, Peter. "The biological evolution of guilt, shame and anxiety: A new theory of negative legacy emotions".
Medical Hypotheses, 85, 17–24, 2015. 70. Breggin, Peter. "Understanding and helping people with hallucinations based on the theory of negative legacy emotions".
Humanistic Psychologist, 43, 70–87, 2015.15 71. Breggin, Peter. "Rational Principles of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Healthcare Providers and Clients".
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 46, 1–13, 2016. 72. Breggin, Peter. "Extreme psychospiritual states versus organic brain disease: Bringing together science and the human factor".
Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 59, 686–696, 2019. 73. Breggin, P. and Stolzer, J. "Psychological Helplessness and Feeling Undeserving of Love: Windows into Suffering and Healing".
The Humanistic Psychologist, June 2020, 48 (2). InPress. 74. Breggin, Peter. "Moving past the vaccine/autism controversy – to examine potential vaccine neurological harms".
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