Toxic psychiatry : drugs and electroconvulsive therapy : the truth and the better alternatives. Peter R. Breggin.

Introduction: what is psychiatry? -- Psychiatry out of control -- Part I: 'Schizophrenic' overwhelm and neuroleptic drugs -- Understanding the passion of 'schizophrenic' overwhelm -- Suppressing 'schizophrenic' overwhelm with neuroleptic drugs: medical miracle or chemical labotomy? The effects of haldol, prolixin, thorazine, mellaril and other 'antipsychotic' drugs -- The 'miracle drugs' cause the worst plague of brain damage in medical history -- The biology and genetics of 'schizophrenic' overwhelm -- Part II: 'Depressive' and 'Manic-depressive' overwhelm, antidepressants, lithium and electroshock -- Understanding the passion of 'depressive' and 'manic-depressive' (bipolar) overwhelm -- The biology of 'depressive' and 'manic-depressive' overwhelm -- Supressing 'depressive' and 'manic-depressive' overwhelm with lithium and antidepressants, including elavil and prozac -- 'Shock treatment is not good for your brain' -- Part III: 'Anxiety' overwhelm and the minor tranquillizers -- Understanding the passion of anxiety overwhelm: panic attacks, depersonalization phobias, obsessions and compulsions, addictions and eating disorders -- Supressing the passion of anxiety overwhelm with drugs: the minor tranquillizers, including Xanax, Valium, Buspar, Ativan and Halcion and the antidepressant anafranil -- Part IV: Women, children, the homeless and the psycho-pharmaceutical complex -- Abandoning responsibility for our children: a critique of hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, dyslexia, autism and other diagnoses -- Supressing the passion of children with hospitalization and with drugs, such as ritalin and mellaril -- Suppressing the passion of women -- Psychiatry and the psycho-pharmaceutical complex -- Part V: Psychosocial alternatives -- Psychotherapy and psychosocial programmes.

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