{"product_id":"9780312113667","title":"Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the \"New Psychiatry\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eProzac, Xanax, Halcion, Haldol, Lithium. These psychiatric drugs--and dozens of other short-term \"solutions\"--are being prescribed by doctors across the country as a quick antidote to depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric problems. But at what cost?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this searing, myth-shattering exposé, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., breaks through the hype and false promises surrounding the \"New Psychiatry\" and shows how dangerous, even potentially brain-damaging, many of its drugs and treatments are. He asserts that: psychiatric drugs are spreading an epidemic of long-term brain damage; mental \"illnesses\" like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorder have never been proven to be genetic or even physical in origin, but are under the jurisdiction of medical doctors; millions of schoolchildren, housewives, elderly people, and others are labeled with medical diagnoses and treated with authoritarian interventions, rather than being patiently listened to, understood, and helped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToxic Psychiatry\u003c\/i\u003e sounds a passionate, much-needed wake-up call for everyone who plays a part, active or passive, in America's ever-increasing dependence on harmful psychiatric drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015862141168,"sku":"9780312113667","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312113667_p0.jpg?v=1763759175","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312113667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}