Psychiatric drug withdrawal : a guide for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families [E-Book]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"As a physician who specializes in addiction medicine and drug withdrawal and written widely on them, I recommend Dr. Breggin's book to every health professional who deals with anyone taking psychiatric drugs. He gives highly useful information and reasons for stopping or avoiding them. It's an excellent one-stop source of information about psychiatric drug effects and withdrawal. Prescribers, therapists, patients, and families will benefit from this guidebook.". Charles L. Whitfield, MD. Bestselling author of Healing the Child Within and many other books. "Peter Breggin has more experience i.

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