The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour

My guest Donna Rockwell PsyD is an expert on celebrities and fame, the DSM and she's especially interested in mindfulness.From Justin Bieber to Ramdas, this fascinating mix makes for an interesting show with a pioneering therapist and psychologist.

A most important interview! How do SSRI antidepressants given to a pregnant mother impact on her, on her unborn child, on her newborn child, on her nursing infant,  and even on her grown adult offspring?  Do they cause autism? Adult sexual dysfunction? Adam Urato, MD shares enormous wisdom. experience, and scientific knowledge about an escalating tragedy.   

Lucy Johnstone, PhD is a marvelous British psychologist on the cutting edge of what's good in the field. She promotes"psychological formulation," including the patient's input, to replace psychiatric diagnosis. Yes, replace it!

Psychologist John Rosemond, a very thoughtful man,believes "self-esteem" damages children,behaviorism corrupts them, psychiatry ruins them, and we need a return to parental moral authority. Find out where we agree (which is almost everywhere).

Controversial, much needed and even radical. Today's show with Miles Groth, PhD is about the blocksbeing placed on the road from boyhood to manhood, the "silencing" of boys and men, and its implications for both genders and for our culture. Extraordinarily important.

My guest Enrico Gnaulati PhD and I cover two separate subjects:   First, we discuss the subtle differences between the view that childhood "disorders" have no scientific basis (my view) and that childhood disorders are greatly overdiagnosed (his).  For the second half hour, my guest provides an incredibly informed analysis of how we are suppressing the normal behavior of boys in our schools, families and culture.  His message has vast importance.

My guest William P. Ryan, PhD is an experienced, caring and articulate therapist who talks with me about love, life, and therapy. A thoughtful and encouraging hour for those who believe, or want to believe, that there is real meaning to life.

My guest Gina Nikkel, PhDis the Executive Director of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care.It is the most interesting, creative and important foundation in the entire field of mental health. She and I talk about its many pioneering projects, including the Mother Bear Community ActionNetwork, a family support network, as well as severalofmost effectivemental health interventions available today.originally broadcast 01.16.13

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.originally broadcast 11.14.12

My guest Stan White lost two sons to the war on terror, one from combat and the other from sudden death caused by psychiatric drugs for the treatment of PTSD.Stan and his wife Shirley have becomeadvocates for better treatment of our military who suffer from the trauma of war. This is a deeply moving, inspiring, and very informative hour.

Carl Elliott, PhD, MD is a bioethicist who is takinga courageous stand against drug company corruption that has afflicted his own university and its research. Listen to a doctor whose valor andhonorcan inspire you and a story of psychopharmaceutical abuse that will stun you.

My guest is Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, PhD, a feminist nurse from Toronto with a profound conscience who specializes in understanding and advocating for girls and for all children. She's a rare academic whose intellectual work isfirmly planted in the ethic and expression of caring.You willbenefit fromknowing Dr. van Daalen-Smith and her work.

With my guest British psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff, a profound look at core issues in psychiatry: the drug companies,involuntary treatment, antipsychotic drugs, and the diagnosis of schizophrenia.Important listening for anyone concerned about the whole mental health fieldand the fate of individual human beings caught up in the system, includingeveryoneexposed to psychiatric medication and anyone who cares about them.

Hear my glorious friend and psychologist Howie Glasser talked about his Nurtured Heart Approach--bringing out the greatness inchildren and adults. Thishourcould help you change and inspire your life and the lives of people you touch.

Sheila Matthews cofounder of AbleChild.org talks about their fight to stop the drugging of America's children. Hear an amazing disclosure about drugs and the Newtown mass murder. Sheila is an inspiration toanyone who wonders if they can make a difference in life.