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Article: Anti-depressant drugs: are they safe? (Book Corners).(The Anti-Depressant Fact Book)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
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- July 1, 2002
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The Anti-Depressant Fact Book
by Peter R. Breggin, MD
Published by Perseus Books Group, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USA; 617-252-5298 2001, Softcover, $13 US/$19.95 CAN, 225pp.
Peter R. Breggin, MD is a practicing psychiatrist who has written a number of books about the toxicology of psychiatric medications, the best-known being Talking Back to Prozac (1994). His well-publicized criticism of drugs like Prozac and Ritalin has earned him a title: the conscience of psychiatry. However, among the many family physicians who are the primary prescribers of these drugs, the word does not seem to have gotten out. If they need to ...