Psychiatric drug withdrawal : a guide for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families / Peter R. Breggin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breggin, Peter Roger, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotropic drugs--Complications.

Psychotropic drugs.

Drug withdrawal symptoms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""As a physician who specializes in addiction medicine and drug withdrawal and written widely on them, I recommend Dr. Breggin's book to every health professional who deals with anyone taking psychiatric drugs. He gives highly useful information and reasons for stopping or avoiding them. It's an excellent one-stop source of information about psychiatric drug effects and withdrawal. Prescribers, therapists, patients, and families will benefit from this guidebook."". Charles L. Whitfield , MD. Bestselling author of Healing the Child Within and many other books. ""Peter Breggin has more experienc

Contents:

Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients, and Their Families; Half-Title Page; About The Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Hazards of Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal; Unique Problems Associated with Drug Withdrawal; The Reluctance to Withdraw Patients from Psychiatric Drugs; The Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy; Related Books by the Author; Endorsements; Chapter 1:A Person-Centered Collaborative Approach to Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal; Relationship Between Prescribers and Theraphist

The Person-Centered Collaborative ApproachExploring the Patient's Feelings; An Approach to Helping Patients in Need of Additional Support or Guidance; Key Points; Part I: Reasons to Consider Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal or Dose Reduction; Chapter 2:Cautions in Assessing the Risks Associated With Psychiatric Drugs; A Rose by Any Other Name; Does FDA Approval Indicate High Degree of Safety?; Drug Company Suppression of Critical Data; Relying on False or Misleading Information; Examples of Delayed Recognition of Serious Psychiatirc Drug Adverse Effects; Does It Take Weeks for the Drug to Work?

Listening to Family ConcernsThe Importance of Varied Sources of Information; Key Points; Chapter 3:Chronic Brain Impairment:A Reason to Withdraw Patients From Long-Term Exposure to Psychiatric Medications; Basic Definitions; Symptoms and Characteristics of Chronic Brain Impairment; Confounding Factors; Comparison to Dementia and Organic Brain Syndrome; Illustration: He was Afraid that He Had Alzeimer's; How to Diagnose and Assess Chronic Brain Impairment; Other Psychoactive Substances; Frequency of Psychiatric Drug Chronic Brain Impairment; Biochemical Imbalance or Genuine Medical Disorder

What Causes Chronic Brain Impairment-Mental Disorder or Medication?Treatment for Chronic Brain Impairment; Recovery from CBI; Key Points; Chapter 4:Antipsychotic (Neuroleptic) Drugs:Reasons for Withdrawal; Chronic Brain Impairment; Cellular Changes; Structural Brain Changes; Tardive Psychosis and Tardive Dementia; Acute Adverse Neurological Reactions; Tardive Dyskinesia, Tardive Dystonia, and Tardive Akathisia; Less Familiar Manifestations of TD; Children and TD; Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome; Children and the Metabolic Syndrome; Stroke and Death in the Elderly

Increased Mortality and Shortened Life SpanEfficacy of Antipsychotic Medications; Efficacy of Psychotheraphy Alternatives; Key Points; Chapter 5:Antidepressant Drugs:Reasons for Withdrawal; Chronic Brain Impairment; Apathy and Indifference; Antidepressant-Induced Clinical Worsening; Antidepressant-Induced Brain Dysfunction and Cellular Abnormalities; Overstimulation and Mania; Antidepressant-Induced Suicide; Antidepressant-Induced Violence; Heart Disease Risk from Older Antidepressants; Serotonin Syndrome; Sexual Dysfunction; Obesity; Pregnancy and Nursing; The Elderly; Increased Death Rate

Children

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-0844-X

OCLC:

811507216