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The Little-Known Sordid History of Psychiatry

The Little-Known Sordid History of Psychiatry

Known as 'the conscience of psychiatry,' he says 'there's no promising medical treatment and probably there never can be,' as depression is primarily rooted in this. Discussion with Dr. Peter Breggin.

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STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • Dr. Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist, is frequently referred to as “the conscience of psychiatry” because he's been able to successfully reform the psychiatric profession, abolishing lobotomies and other experimental psychosurgeries

  • Breggin refers to lobotomies as a rape of the soul, t…

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