Dr. Peter R. Breggin MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
313 N Tioga St First Floor Ithaca NY, 14850Rating
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Dr. Peter Breggin is a psychiatrist practicing in Ithaca, NY. Dr. Breggin is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Breggin diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Breggin may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Breggin treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Questioning the treatment for ADHD.
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy as political processes.
- Psychosurgery for political purposes.
- Psychiatric oppression of prisoners.
- The second wave.
- MTA Study has flaws.
- COERCION OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS IN AN OPEN HOSPITAL.
- THE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ANXIETY; WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE CONCERNING ADRENALINE.
- SEDATIVE-LIKE EFFECT OF EPINEPHRINE. A REVIEW.
- The need for "ethical" human sciences and services.
- Psychiatry's reliance on coercion.
- Court filing makes public my previously suppressed analysis of Paxil's effects.
- The homeless mentally ill.
- Psychiatric drug-induced Chronic Brain Impairment (CBI): implications for
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