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The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 11/21/11

Guest: Dr. Tim Scott My marvelous guest Dr. Tim Scott is a former minister, a psychotherapist, a retired professor of psychology, an entrepreneur, scientist, author of a very solid scientific critique of psychiatric drugs, and a man who believes that values derive from God and should be a part of …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 11/14/11

Nonviolent communication is the path to much of what’s good in life–including love and empathy.  But it doesn’t exclude effective self-defense.  Practical approaches dovetail with philosophical subtleties with my guest Melanie Sears, RN Download this episode (right click and save) Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) | Embed

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 11/7/11

Guest: Martin Whitely The best discussion ever about ADHD, psychiatric drugs, and what children really need.  My guest Martin Whitely has made Western Australia the only place on Earth where fewer children each year are diagnosed and drugged. He shares the latest worldwide information. Please listen and pass it on.  …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 10/31/11

Guest: Ross Halpern Is what I’ve been teaching about emotional suffering also true about chronic physical pain?  Do chronic pain patients need help withdrawing from pain meds and facing emotional issues? My guest Ross Halpern, PhD offers breakthrough insights and solutions that really work. Download this episode (right click and …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 10/24/11

You’re five years old, your mother dies, and you and your siblings are scattered into the Foster Care System of New York City. My guest Dr. Nathaniel J. Williams tells us how to make the best possible life–regardless of how our lives got started. Download this episode (right click and save) Podcast: Play …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 10/17/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save)  My guest Jacob Azerrad, PhD offers behavioral therapy with limited punishments (time outs) and “nurturing with their love sibling caring behavior, Mother Teresa behavior and, taking disappointment calmly behavior. “  I believe in a more fundamental bonding based on …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 10/10/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) Two new legal cases provide encouraging news for psychiatric reform and patient care.  In one case a Manitoba judge has rendered an opinion confirming my testimony and my written report to the court that Prozac drove a sixteen-year-old boy …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 10/03/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) Iris Chang, the courageous author of The Rape of Nanking, faced some of the worst atrocities of the 20th Century, broke down from exhaustion, was given psychiatric drugs, including an SSRI, and committed suicide. In this surpringly uplifting hour, her mother, Ying Ying …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 09/26/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) My guest Gwen Olsen, author of “Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher,” will shock and inform you with her brutally honest and yet sensitive and poignant insider revelations. Discovering drug company duplicity is a specialty of mine, but Gwen’s stories …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 09/19/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) Imagine that your former husband so desperately wants to kill you, and to get away with it, that he acts like a terrorist. Shooting from long range, he kills nearly a dozen people during October 2002 to distract attention from …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 09/12/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) My guest, Allison Wilder PhD, is a professor of recreational therapy. Does that sound fluffy to you? Not so. Dr. Wilder’s approach epitomizes what’s good in any and all therapeutic approaches. Learn about this new field–and the essence of …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 09/05/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) Whether you are a therapist, a client, or a person outside the mental health system–my guest Gayle Rozantine, PhD is worth your time and attention.  Gayle and her husband Barry, a psychiatrist, run a stress management and therapy center …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 08/29/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) Josette Luvmour, PhD and I talk about the developmental stages from infancy to young adulthood and how issues such as boundaries and discipline change from stage to stage.  Full of practical guidance for raising and relating to children and …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 08/22/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) A first in history!  Listen to two very experienced psychiatrists spend a whole hour talking about how dangerous it is to take psychiatric drugs and how hazardous it can be to withdraw from them.  My guest is psychiatrist Stuart …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 08/15/11

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download this episode (right click and save) My guest Dr.Bonnie Burstow is a dedicated lifelong Canadian activist in the psychiatric reform movement.  She is taking the campaign against electroshock “treatment” (ECT) to a new level–organizing professionals to stand up against this brain-damaging procedure.  Dr. Burstow and …