Psychotherapy in emotional crises without resort to psychiatric medications.

Breggin, Peter R.

doi:10.1080/08873267.1997.9986868

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“…Within the last few years, there has been an increasing reliance on psychiatric drugs in the treatment of children (reviewed in Breggin, 1998Breggin, , 2001aBreggin, , 2001bBreggin, , 2002. A recent issue of Current Psychiatry, mailed free to psychiatrists around the country, displayed a subheading on its cover, "Pipelines fill with psychotropics for children and adolescents" (for the article itself, see DeVeaugh-Geiss, 2002).…”

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“…Too often medication is prescribed at exactly the moment that renewed devotion to the therapeutic process is required to save a life and to help the individual to triumph over suffering and conflict (for a discussion of how to help people in crises without resort to drugs, see Breggin, 1997bBreggin, , 1998Breggin, , 2000.…”

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“…I have criticized the growing trend to use medicalized diagnoses and treatment with drugs and electroshock and have proposed better human services based on empathy (Breggin, 1991(Breggin, , 1992(Breggin, , 1997a(Breggin, , 1997b(Breggin, , 1998(Breggin, , 2001a(Breggin, , 2001b(Breggin, , 2002Breggin & Breggin, 1994, 1998Breggin, Breggin, & Bemak, 2002;Breggin & Cohen, 1999;Breggin & Stern, 1996)). My views have drawn on traditions established by psychosocially oriented psychologists and psychiatrists, (e.g.…”

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Psychopharmacology And Human Values

Breggin¹

2003

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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Psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry now dominate the mental health field. Even humanistic and existential therapists are likely to refer difficult or disturbed clients to physicians, especially psychiatrists, for possible medication. The prevailing professional tendency is to conceptualize the conflict between psychotherapy and drug treatment as a scientific one; but it is at root a conflict between two different views of human nature. We need to renew our faith in the psychiatric drug-free human being in both our personal and professional lives.

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Breggin¹

2003

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“…For the sake of convenience and to save time, conventional psychiatry quiets disturbed persons in crisis through use of drugs. However, medications mask feelings and tone down emotions without getting to the root of the problem (Breggin, 1997). On the other hand, intervention services can address crises before they develop into full-blown, long-term incapacitating mental disorders.…”

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The Role of Environment in Mental Health

Nikelly

2001

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

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Despite substantial progress in developing empirically validated psychotherapeutic treatments for specific mental health problems, most current efforts are based largely on treatment with drugs, which may not produce permanent recovery. The result has been an almost nihilistic attitude that assumes that little can be done to rehabilitate persons with mental health problems. Empirical evidence gleaned from innovative treatment programs and ethnocultural studies indicates clearly that healthy environments that provide meaningful work and a variety of nonmedical interventions offer more lasting health results than medical treatment alone. The supportive and curative influence of the environment has been greatly neglected, in part because of medical dominance in the treatment of emotional problems. More effective is the removal of the social, economic, and professional barriers to mental health and the strengthening of rehabilitative efforts that promote activity and purpose.In spite of innovative therapies, increasingly precise diagnostic procedures, and state-of-the-art drug therapies, we continue to be plagued by chronic ailments (Morris, 1998). More than 10 million Americans suffer from addictive conditions, and another 305 I wish to thank Clayton P. Alderfer and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.

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“…Many of the worst mistakes made by therapists are driven by the therapist's feelings of helplessness in the face of a frightening emergency in the offi ce (Breggin, 1997a(Breggin, , 1998. When the patient seems to become more acutely disturbed, suicidal, or violent, the therapist can panic.…”

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