books n’ articles

BOOK AuthorBOOK Publication YearBOOK Title
Breggin, Peter
book link
2009Medication Madness:
The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime
Breggin, Peter
book link
2007Brain Disabling Treatments:
Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex 2nd Edition
Breggin, Peter
book link
1994Toxic Psychiatry:
Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the “New Psychiatry”
Caplan, Paula
book link
1996They Say You’re Crazy:
How The World’s Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who’s Normal
Colbert, Ty
book link
1996Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts:
What Causes Mental Illness
Eliade, Mircea
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2018The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos & History
Gøtzsche, Dr. Peter C MD
book link 1, book link 2

2022
Critical Psychiatry Textbook
Mackler, Daniel & Morrissey, Matthew
book link
2010A Way out of Madness:
Dealing with Your Family After You’ve Been Diagnosed with a Psychiatric Disorder
Szasz, Thomas
book link
2008Psychiatry:
The Science of Lies
Szasz, Thomas
book link
1984The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
Whitaker, Robert
book link
2010Anatomy of an Epidemic:
Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Whitaker, Robert
book link
2003Mad In America:
Bad Science, Bad Medicine, And The Enduring Mistreatment Of The Mentally Ill
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ARTICLES

ARTICLE Year & linkARTICLE TitleARTICLE Author
2022
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“July is Both Disability Pride Month and Mad Pride Month:
Happy Bastille Day!”
David W. Oaks
2019
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“Pharmacotherapy in Mental Retardation and Autism”Benjamin L. Handen
2019
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How Does the Soteria House Heal?
The alternative treatment model of Soteria helps individuals suffering from schizophrenia without relying on medication or coercion
Micah Ingle, MA
2008
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“ANTIPSYCHOTICS FOR AGGRESSION UNRELATED TO A PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS”/Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities A.S. Levitas, J. Turk, D. Bramble, & Anne Desnoyers Hurley
(Tufts University)
2008
link
“Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds” * Benedict Carey,
(NYTimes archive)
2007
link
“International Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs Since 2004″* The Citizens Commission on Human Rights
(Archived July 6, 2010)
2007
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“Activists Take on Eli Lilly Over Sale of Zyprexa” Evelyn Pringle
2007
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“ADHD Drug Makers to Warn of Side Effects” CBS News/Associated Press
2007
link
Link to Depression in Kids on Risperidone” * Liane Topham-Kindley,
(Archived 2010)
2007
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“Psychiatrists, Children and Drug Industry’s Role” * Gardiner Harris, Benedict Carey and Janet Roberts
(NYTimes archive)
2007
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“FDA Proposes New Warnings About Suicidal Thinking, Behavior in Young Adults Who Take Antidepressant Medications” Sandy Walsh
2007
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“Are Meds to Blame for Cho’s Rampage?” Bob Unruh
2007
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“Child’s Overdose Death Raises Questions” * Denise Lavoie
(Archived 2010)
2007
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“Choosing the Right Antipsychotic” * William Carpenter
(Archived 2010)
2007
link
“CA Medications Error Panel Report” * Jackie Spieir et al.
(Archived 2010)
2007
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“Regarding Allegations Made by the New York State Commission on the Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled” *Frederick T. Zugibe
(Archived 2010)
2007
link
“Debate Over Children and Psychiatric Drugs” * Benedict Carey
(NY Times archive)
2007
link
“FDA handling of Lilly drug needs probe: scientist” Reuters staff
2007
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“Girl fed fatal overdoses, court told” Maria Cramer and Raja Mishra
2006
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“The History Behind the Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Persons with Intellectual Disability: Part I”A.S. Levitas & Anne Desnoyers Hurley
2006
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“The History Behind the Use of Antipsychotic Medications… : Part II”A.S. Levitas & Anne Desnoyers Hurley (Tufts University)
2006
link
“Proof is Scant on Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young” * Gardiner Harris,
(NYTimes archive)
2006
link
“ADHD drugs to carry new warnings about psychotic behavior” * Unknown,
(archived 2010)
2006
link
“Use of Antipsychotics by the Young Rose Fivefold” *Benedict Carey,
(NY Times archive)
2006
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“Anti-psychotic drug use in kids skyrockets” Lindsay Tanner
2005
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“Pharmacoepidemiology and Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research” Benedetto Vitiello
2005
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“An Assault on the Human Condition” Terry Messman
2004
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“Worsening Depression and Suicidality in Patients Being Treated with Antidepressants” * unknown,
(archived in 2010)
2004
link
“What Eli Lilly (Prozac) and Novartis (Ritalin) Would Rather You Didn’t Know” * unknown,
(archived in 2010)
2003
link
“Review of Safety Assessment Methods Used in Pediatric Psychopharmacology”
L L Greenhill, B Vitiello, M A Riddle, P Fisher, E Shockey, J S March, J Levine, J Fried, H Abikoff, J M Zito, J T McCracken, R L Findling, J Robinson, T B Cooper, M Davies, E Varipatis, M J Labellarte, L Scahill, J T Walkup, L Capasso, J Rosengarten
2002
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“Parents Crusade Over Children’s Tragic Deaths from Psychiatric Drugs” Marla Filidei
2001
link
Psychopharmacology for Young Children: Clinical Needs and Research Opportunities” B Vitiello
1999
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“Critical Review of Tricyclic Antidepressant Use in Children and Adolescents” B Geller, D Reising, H L Leonard, M A Riddle, B T Walsh
1997
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“Challenges to Pediatric PsychopharmacologyJ G Simeon
This is not yet a complete articles list.
Thank you for your patience as we update our resources.

Below follows the original post as written by author Denise Maratos:

The Myth of Mental Illness, Thomas Szasz

Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, Thomas Szasz

They Say You’re Crazy: How the World’s Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who’s Normal, Paula Caplan

Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts, Ty Colbert

Anatomy of an Epidemic:  Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, Robert Whitaker

Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and The Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill , Robert Whitaker

Toxic Psychiatry, Peter Breggin

Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime, Peter Breggin

A Way Out of Madness, Daniel Mackler and Matthew Morrissey

Brain Disabling Treatment

The History Behind the Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Persons with Intellectual Disability”, Part 1

“The History Behind the Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Persons with Intellectual Disability”, Part 2

“Antipsychotics for Aggression Unrelated to A Psychiatric Diagnosis”

 “Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds”, 1/4/08

Link to Depression in Kids on Risperidone, 7/18/07

“Psychiatrists, Children and Drug Industry’s Role”, 5/10/07

“FDA Proposes New Warnings About Suicidal Thinking, Behavior in Young Adults Who Take Antidepressant Medications”, 5/2/07

“Are Meds to Blame for Cho’s Rampage?”, 4/23/07

“Child’s Overdose Death Raises Questions”, 3/23/07

 “Choosing the Right Antipsychotic”, 3/07

“International Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs Since 2004”

 “Activists Take on Eli Lilly Over Sale of Zyprexa”, 2/27/07

“ADHD Drug Makers to Warn of Side Effects”, 2/22/07

“Debate Over Children and Psychiatric Drugs”, 2/15/07

“FDA handling of Lilly drug needs probe: scientist”, 2/13/07

“Girl fed fatal overdoses, court told”, 2/7/07

“Parenting as Therapy for Child’s Mental Disorders”, 12/22/06

“Proof is Scant on Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young”, 11/23/06

“ADHD drugs to carry new warnings about psychotic behavior”, 8/22/06

 “Use of Antipsychotics by the Young Rose Fivefold”, 6/6/06

“Anti-psychotic drug use in kids skyrockets”, 3/16/06

“Pharmacoepidemiology and Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research”, 2005

“Worsening Depression and Suicidality in Patients Being Treated with Antidepressants”, 3/22/04

“Review of Safety Assessment Methods Used in Pediatric Psychopharmacology”, 6/03

 “Parents Crusade Over Children’s Tragic Deaths from Psychiatric Drugs”, 11/4/02

 “Against Depression, a Sugar Pill is Hard to Beat”, 5/7/02

“Psychopharmacology for Young Children: Clinical Needs and Research Opportunities”, 10/01

 “Critical Review of Tricyclic Antidepressant Use in Children and Adolescents”, 5/99

“Challenges to Pediatric Psychopharmacology”, 1997

“Pharmacotherapy in mental retardation and autism”

“CA Medications Error Panel Report”

 “An Assault on the Human Condition”

 “Regarding Allegations Made by the New York State Commission on the Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled”

“What Eli Lilly (Prozac) and Novartis (Ritalin) Would Rather You Didn’t Know”