New Book - Highly Recommended: by www.soulcare.org            Sid Galloway

Your Drug May Be Your Problem:
How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications.

Please note, Peter and David are not a Christians, so their "spiritual" views are generic and unbiblical. However, in August of 1998, I had the privilege to speak at a conference in Denver along with Peter Breggin and others. My personal discussions with Peter convinced me that he is one of the most sincere, committed, and knowledgeable experts in the realms of neurology, CNS biochemistry, and psychopharmacology. And the dramatic effect his recent testimony produced before the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) in 1999 underscores why I highly recommend his works. More technical articles by Breggin and others are available and listed in the appendices of his books.

The following information is from Dr. Breggin's website:
"The first book to expose the shortcomings of psychiatric drugs and to guide patients and
doctors through the process of withdrawing from them. Your Drug May Be Your Problem is the only book to provide an up-to-date uncensored description of the dangers involved in taking every kind of psychiatric drug.It is the first and only book to explain how to safely stop taking psychiatric drugs.
Psychiatric drugs are given positive names like "antidepressant," "tranquilizer," "sleeping pill,"
"stimulant," "mood stabilizer," and "antipsychotic."But can they do more harm than good?Can they make you feel worse than ever? Psychiatric drugs are prescribed to more than twenty million Americans to help with problems called"depression," "anxiety," "panic disorder," "insomnia," "obsessive-compulsive disorder," "manic-depressive (bipolar) disorder," and "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder."But can they cause problems you never had before?Can they ruin your health and life?
Your doctor may take fifteen minutes to decide you need a drug, but you can end up taking it for
months, years, or a lifetime.You deserve to know the dangers in advance--including the difficulties you may encounter when trying to withdraw from them. Before you start or stop taking psychiatric drugs, read this book.Learn about their dangers and learn about how to safely stop taking them.This book can help you and your doctor make a plan to safely withdraw you from psychiatric drugs.

Ground breaking and empowering, Your Drug May Be Your Problem offers readers what they have long sought-a medically and psychologically sound program for freeing themselves from psychiatric drugs, emphasizing throughout the importance for patients to keep control over the withdrawal process.

Peter Breggin, M.D., With a background that Time magazine describes as "pure establishment"--Harvard College, Case Western Reserve Medical School, and a teaching fellowship at Harvard Medical School, he has become an internationally known psychiatrist and author of a dozen books, including the bestselling Talking Back to Prozac and Talking Back to Ritalin. Formerly a member of the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Counseling, he is the International Director of the Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, which he founded in the early 70s. He is in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland.

David Cohen, Ph.D., holds degrees from McGill University and the University of California at
Berkeley. He is Professor of social work at the University of Montreal, where he teaches and does
research in the field of psychiatric medication, a subject on which he has published widely.

"This book leads the way in explaining and redefining the growing pathology of the culture of psychiatric medications. It is a reminder of where we are and a non-medical prescription of where we can go." -- Dr. Fred Bemak, Professor of Counselor Education and Section Head for Wellness and Human Services, College of Education, The Ohio State University

"In non-technical, easy to understand language, Peter Breggin and David Cohen bring an incredibly important and hardly ever recognized message to people who need to understand the dark side of psychiatric drugs and how to stop taking them. I heartily recommend it." -- Candace Pert, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center and author of Molecules of the Mind

"This book is long overdue. Drs. Breggin and Cohen make possible the practice of psychiatry with a conscience." -- Bertram P. Karon, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology, Michigan State
University.

"This innovative, informative, and easy-to-read book is a godsend for non-medical people such as parents, teachers, counselors, social workers, and psychologists who need to know the potential dangers of referring their children, students, or clients to physicians for psychiatric medication." -- Clemmont E. Vontress, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Counseling, George Washington University

"It has taken great courage for Drs. Breggin and Cohen to write this very significant book....As advocates for non-pharmacological approaches...the authors have outlined a careful and highly responsible program for withdrawal from psychiatric medications." -- Milton F. Shore, Ph.D., Former President, American Orthopsychiatry Association, and recipient of the American Psychological Association Award for Outstanding Professional Contributions (1998)

"This ground breaking book provides a comprehensive and honest source of information about adverse and withdrawal effects of commonly-used psychiatric drugs. It should be in the office of all medical and non-medical "mental health" workers. It should also be read by anyone considering the use of psychiatric drugs and all those who want to stop." -- David H. Jacobs, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Resident Faculty, California Institute of Human Science

"Working as a consultant I am constantly looking for ways to help clients achieve a more educated view regarding psychotropic medication. Breggin and Cohen have assembled a gold mine of information to assist in this process. I can think of no other book that has done such a superb job of making such information accessible at any point of decision regarding taking or discontinuing psychotropic medication." -- Tony Stanton, M.D., Psychiatric Consultant

"Emotional maturity, self-confidence, and life competence come from struggling with stresses, fears, and adversities. When young people become addicted to drugs they remain emotionally immature until they quit and start learning to cope. Breggin and Cohen point out that the same is true of
chronic users of major psychiatric medications. It is not until they withdraw from the chemical dependency urged on them by psychiatry, that they can develop inner strengths for coping with life's difficulties." -- Al Siebert, Ph.D., author of The Survivor Personality

"One hundred years from now, people will read current psychiatric textbooks with the same incredulity we have about blood-letting and snake oil. Your Drug May Be Your Problem will be remembered as the turning point and as the beacon that showed the way out of these dark days of widespread psychiatric drugging. Breggin and Cohen, like trusted friends, provide us with critical
information we need to know in order to make informed decisions about psychiatric drugs, including when and how to stop taking them. They present it all within a coherent philosophy of life and health that makes the routine use of psychiatric drugs obsolete. If you have reached that inevitable point of being disillusioned with your psychiatric drug, this book will be your best friend and guide." -- Douglas C. Smith, MD

"Your Drug May Be Your Problem provides much useful and very practical information and it is much needed considering that there is such massive propaganda by the pharmaceutical and medical industries about such drugs. This propaganda must be combated, and this book contributes to that effort." -- Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.D., Research Professor, Syracuse University School of Education and Director, Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership and Change Agentry

"Your Drug May Be Your Problem is an honest and straightforward attempt to present a clear picture of drug effects, why we turn to drugs, their role in society, and more. It fills a real need in our current drug culture and in our current complete trust in the drug dispenser himself. The book's main
import will be to serve as a counter-balance to the myth of a "miracle" drug cure. It's a must on everyone's bookshelf!" -- Rhoda L. Fisher, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist

"I recommend Your Drug May Be Your Problem as the number one self- help guide to coming off psychiatric drugs." -- Dr. Steven Baldwin, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Ethical Human Sciences and
Services Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Teesside, UK.

"This book is one of the most important things that has happened to psychiatry and especially to so-called "psychiatric patients" during this century. Having worked for more than 20 years with so-called schizophrenics --the main victims of the abuse of psychiatric drugs--I can say that Peter
Breggin and David Cohen must be praised for the courage they have had to unmask many pseudo-scientific conclusions frequently present in supposedly scientific literature." -- Alberto Fergusson, M.D., Director, Fungrata

"I highly recommend this book to persons on psychiatric drugs, and to the physicians who prescribe them. These drugs are very powerful, either for good or for harm. Since the actions for almost all of them are still unknown, the people who use them are being experimented on, mostly without their knowledge. Drs. Breggin and Cohen are experts on the negative effects of drugs. Their views should be just as widely known as the misleadingly positive advocations of the drug companies." -- Thomas J. Scheff , Professor Emeritus, Dept of Sociology, UCSB

"Anyone considering saying "yes" to psychiatric drugs, or wanting to "just say no," should first say "YES" to buying and reading this essential, informative book. Breggin and Cohen's goal is empowerment of troubled people seeking help, not propaganda, pressure or profit. This book
questions, informs, warns, and leaves the reader far better able to choose wisely." -- Thomas Greening, Ph.D.

"This is a courageous, compassionate book, and a much-needed antidote to the pro-drug bias of modern psychiatry and psychology." -- John Horgan, author The End of Science and The Undiscovered Mind.

"The modern medical approach to almost any human problem is to find a drug -- a sort of magic bullet --to fix it. But many drugs do more harm than good -- and some even cause the problems they are supposed to fix. And once on a drug, coming off may also be dangerous. In this clear and important book, Peter Breggin and David Cohen outline the problems and provide a step-by-step account of how to come off the drug which may be harming you." -- Steven Rose, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Director, Brain and Behavior Research Group, Open University

"I sure hope the authors have bodyguards and lots of insurance-the psychotropic drug manufacturers will be on their tails for sure. Confronting current psychiatric drug prescribing practice head on is a
daunting task-we owe Breggin and Cohen a vote of thanks for openly speaking the truth. Despite what the pharmaceutical companies would have us believe we don't need "a better life through chemistry". This book will help debunk this myth and provide practical advice on how to avoid
psychiatric drugs and get off them". -- Loren Mosher, Soteria Associates, San Diego, CA., Former Chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD.

"Your Drug May Be Your Problem is a clear, accurate and thorough look at the dangers of psychiatric drugs and a prudent outline of what steps to take for those who want to stop taking them." -- Thomas J. Moore, author Prescription for Disaster: The Hidden Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet

"I wish I had this book when I was trying to come off psychiatric drugs. How wonderful that you have provided this guide." - Kate Millett - Author, Sexual Politics and The Loony Bin Trip

"Drs. Peter Breggin and David Cohen take the reader through the risky pathways of psychiatric medication with accurate information as a guide. Dr. Breggin was a voice in the night calling for responsibility with psychiatric medication. Now he leads an orchestra of protest." -- Jay Haley, United States International University, author of Leaving Home and Learning and Teaching Therapy

"Breggin has been a brave pioneer in not only pointing out but also meticulously documenting the ways that the "Emperor" of traditional mental health treatment is naked. His relentless raising of questions and documentation of false advertising and cover-ups by drug companies and various forms of abuse of patients by a variety of therapists is invaluable and irreplaceable." -- Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., author of They Say You're Crazy and The Myth of Women's Masochism, Visiting Scholar, Pembroke Center, Brown University

"Nowhere does the false medical thinking, that there is a drug free cure for almost all common diseases, do more harm than in the modern psychiatric argument that mental illness is easily diagnosed and then cured by a side-effect free drug. Nowhere is the correct psychiatric thinking more evident than in the books by Peter Breggin. In them he explains clearly that patients with mental illnesses are in almost all instances suffering from their inability to connect with important people in their lives and need help in making these vital connections. He supports safe, drug free
counseling as a more effective way to help people and I enthusiastically agree with this premise." -- William Glasser, M.D., psychiatrist; author of Reality Therapy and the forthcoming Reality Therapy in Action