Psychiatric drug withdrawal : a guide for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families / Peter R. Breggin.

Contents A person-centered collaborative approach to psychiatric drug withdrawal -- Cautions in assessing the risks associated with psychiatric drugs -- Chronic brain impairment : a reason to withdraw patients from long-term exposure to psychiatric medications -- Antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs : reasons for withdrawal -- Antidepressant drugs : reasons for withdrawal -- Stimulant drugs : reasons for withdrawal -- Benzodiazepines, other sedatives, and opiates : reasons for withdrawal -- Lithium and other mood stabilizers : reasons for withdrawal -- Medication spellbinding (intoxication anosognosia) -- Withdrawal reactions from specific drugs and drug categories -- The initiation evaluation : creating a medication history while building trust and hope -- Developing team collaboration -- Psychotherapy during medication withdrawal -- Handling emotional crises -- Techniques for beginning medication withdrawal -- Cases of antidepressant and benzodiazepine withdrawal in adults -- Cases of multiple drug withdrawal in adults -- Cases of drug withdrawal in children and teens -- Concluding thoughts for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families.
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LCCN 2012026397
ISBN9780826108432
ISBN0826108431
ISBN9780826108449 (e-book)
ISBN082610844X (e-book)

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