Peter Roger Breggin Libri

s/t: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You about Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa & LuvoxKnown as "the Ralph Nader of psychiatry," Dr. Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless court cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has given him unprecedented access to private pharmaceutical research and correspondence files, information from which informs this straight-talking guide to the most prescribed and controversial category of American drugs: antidepressants. From how these drugs work in the brain to how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; from the documented side and withdrawal effects to what every parent needs to know about antidepressants and teenagers, The Anti-Depressant Fact Book is up-to-the minute and easy-to-access. Hard-hitting and enlightening, every current, former, and prospective antidepressant-user will want to read this book.

This pioneering psychiatrist presents the first unified theory of guilt, shame, and anxiety, exploring the roots of psychological and emotional suffering through biological evolution, child development, and adult decision-making. Drawing from evolution, neuroscience, and extensive clinical experience, the author examines what he terms negative legacy emotions—painful feelings that burden all humans. He argues that we evolved as both the most violent and the most empathic beings, with evolution addressing the conflict between aggression and social cohesion by embedding guilt, shame, and anxiety in our genes. These emotions were historically essential for regulating self-assertiveness and aggression within close family and clan structures. However, the author contends that guilt, shame, and anxiety have become self-defeating legacies that no longer serve a positive purpose in adult life. He outlines the Three Steps to Emotional Freedom, beginning with the identification of negative legacy emotions and progressing to rejecting their control. Ultimately, he offers a path to overcome these emotions, leading to greater emotional freedom and a more rational, loving, and productive existence.