The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

Let’s bring an end to “medication compliance” and the Almighty Doctor. We need a whole new approach to emotional well-being. Based on my new book, “Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal,” I advocate for the empowerment of therapists, patients, and families in a person-centered team effort. The focus is on drug withdrawal, but the overall approach transforms the way treatment is provided

Researcher Alan Cassells, author of Seeking Sickness, looks at dangeous myths behind screening for and treating hypertension, high cholesterol, and prostate cancer, as well as mammograms and bone density studies for women.  Get this info before you take or respond to another screening test.  Every adult should listen to this show and pass it on to others.

My guest Craig Wiener, PhD and I talk about ADHD-like behaviors, their sources, and how to help change them through changing specific parent-child interactions. A practical, useful, and insightful hour for therapists, teachers, and parents; and even for older children and adults who think they have "ADHD.

My guest Jason Hartman and I range over topics from how the FDA protects drug companies to how to live and to invest in an unsafe world. With entrepreneurial spirit, he also eloquently critiques psychiatric drug use. Stimulating.

Are personal responsibility and free will mirages? Is there a better “post-modern” approach to therapy? My guest Stephen Madigan and I express opposing views on how to empower people.

My guest is Lisbeth Riis Cooper founder of the Mother Bear Community Action Network and the visionary behind the CooperRiis Healing Community. Hope and an expectation of recovery are the guiding lights for this shining star in the reform movement.

Can recovery from head injury lead to greater emotional and spiritual awareness and well being?  My guest Chrisanne Gordon, MD who recovered from head injury shares enlightening experiences about personal transformation following physical and emotional trauma.  A very special hour!

Author Martha Rosenberg knows her stuff about big pharma and drugs. Enlightening discussions about Direct to Consumer Advertising, the Feds $3 billion fines against Glaxo, and how the military was bought by Pharma. New information!

My guest Kevin Solomons MD is a British Columbia psychiatrist who became disappointed with medication outcomes and began listening to why his patients felt so bad about themselves. Explore with us the origins of low self-esteem and the path to a better life.