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Entries by Dr. Peter Breggin from 12/2010

The New Child Abuse: The Psychiatric Diagnosing and Drugging of Our Children

| Posted 12.17.2010 | Huffington Post
Read More: Mental Health Drugs, Mental Health Disorders, Mental Health Counseling, Child Mental Health Disorders, Mental Health Issues, Child Mental Health Drugs, Marijuana, Huffington Post News

It's not uncommon to find children subdued and crushed by multiple psychiatric drugs. Probably 10 to 20 percent of our children will at some time be diagnosed or drugged.

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How to Be Helpful to Almost Anyone, Anytime

| Posted 12.21.2010 | Healthy Living
Read More: Empathic Therapy, Relationship Advice, Psychology, Love, Spirituality, Relationships, Relationship Building Advice, Build Relationship, Relationship Building, Healthy Living News

To create the possibility of a genuinely good, and even wonderful and inspiring relationship, you have to begin with your attitude toward yourself and the other person.

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Electroconvulsive Therapy: Will The FDA Whitewash It?

| Posted 12.27.2010 | Huffington Post
Read More: Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychiatric-Therapy, Child Mental Health, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Ect, Huffington Post News

For decades the FDA has allowed electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to be used without requiring any proof of safety or efficacy. The machines and the tre...

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