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30. The Congressonal Testimony of Dr. Peter Breggin
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 07:40 AM
Jan 2013

is worth listening to



Now some will call Dr. Peter Breggin a quack. Big Pharma tried to slime him as a Scientologist- that's the slime du jour against those that want to examine these SSRI drugs. Does Dr. Peter Breggin look like a quack? Notice these woo woo'ers never accuse the Big Pharma "doctors" who ghost write sales articles and jigger the numbers on the "tests" that big pharma does to ram approval through the FDA of being quacks. And to call these crooks and liars quacks would be generous, they're criminals and belong in jail- there's no problem locking up people that grow plants is there?

So HERE IS DR. PETER BREGGIN

Education and early career

Breggin graduated from Harvard College with honors,[4] and attended Case Western Reserve Medical School. His postgraduate training in psychiatry began with an internship year of mixed medicine and psychiatry at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. Breggin completed a first year of psychiatric residency at Harvard's Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston, where he was a teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School, and finished his final two years of psychiatric residency at SUNY. This was followed by a two-year staff appointment to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), where he worked to build and staff mental health centers and education. Breggin has taught at several universities, obtaining faculty appointments to the Washington School of Psychiatry, the Johns Hopkins University Department of Counseling, and the George Mason University Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Breggin has worked in a private practice since 1968.

Breggin is a life member of the American Psychiatric Association and an editor for several scientific journals. His opinions have been portrayed both favorably and unfavorably in the media, including Time Magazine[5] and the New York Times.[6][7] He has appeared as a guest on many radio and television shows, including 60 Minutes, 20/20, Nightline, and numerous network news reports.[citation needed]



have at it, Woo Woo Brigade



--Interest in Violent Media
--History of Violent Behavior
--Writing about Violence or Death
--Peer Rejection
--Suicidal Thoughts or Gestures

http://www.marshall.edu/jrcp/sp2002/similarities_of_school_shootings.htm

Ugh. Must we? Squinch Jan 2013 #1
"We" don't but I and hopefully 1 or 2 others must, yes green for victory Jan 2013 #2
+100 Katashi_itto Jan 2013 #22
Probably because they realized it was full of shit? n/t Ian David Jan 2013 #3
but it's not full of shit green for victory Jan 2013 #4
Ever notice half the mass shootings happened Confusious Jan 2013 #7
Don't bother confronting anyone with facts, it just makes them angry. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #8
Actually, I never noticed that. Maybe because it's not actually true! Th1onein Jan 2013 #9
Prove it. Confusious Jan 2013 #13
The wiki site on rampage shootings in the US isn't complete HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #14
There's about 6 or so on that map pre-1990 BuelahWitch Jan 2013 #17
Lists Confusious Jan 2013 #19
I didn't make that claim. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #21
here's a resource green for victory Jan 2013 #27
Bullshit site Confusious Jan 2013 #29
Yes, I had to place my reply somewhere...I was trying to address both the previous 2 threads. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #20
You could say that about a lot of things Confusious Jan 2013 #24
Yes, you could say it and it has been said about, for example, video games HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #25
If I searched properly green for victory Jan 2013 #26
I can't really get inthe heads of the authors or editors of MJ, can you? HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #28
YOU are the one who asserted that "half of these shootings happened before SSRIs" Th1onein Jan 2013 #37
Some? There were shitloads Confusious Jan 2013 #38
"Some" is correct. They peaked AFTER SSRIs were introduced. Th1onein Jan 2013 #43
Your own link says your theory is bullshit Confusious Jan 2013 #44
You fail to understand.... Th1onein Jan 2013 #59
That is not a personal attack Confusious Jan 2013 #66
Yea, sorry, mass shootings not on the rise Confusious Jan 2013 #70
What else happened in the eighties? MADem Jan 2013 #50
I don't discount the idea of a "perfect storm," MADem. Th1onein Jan 2013 #60
That's just one part of the storm. MADem Jan 2013 #63
I'm sorry, MADem, but I disagree with you entirely. Th1onein Jan 2013 #64
Have you ever seen those video games? They are pretty violent. MADem Jan 2013 #65
Far from confusing causation with correlation....... Th1onein Jan 2013 #72
Thing is, the patients who take these pills have said, here on this board, that they feel like they MADem Jan 2013 #74
I'm sorry that they feel that way, but I don't feel as if I have given them a reason to feel that Th1onein Jan 2013 #75
Maybe you can blame the lack of pirates Confusious Jan 2013 #39
Correlation studies provide great data. Th1onein Jan 2013 #61
Show me a study then Confusious Jan 2013 #67
Confuscious, you continue, unabated, to launch personal attacks. Th1onein Jan 2013 #73
Which mass shootings were these? BuelahWitch Jan 2013 #15
I'm not going to post excerpts, because it's just to long. Confusious Jan 2013 #18
Did you read that list? It's mostly one person killing another for some specific reason, e.g. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #23
But it may be that SUICIDAL TENDENCIES are a common denominator. Like Suicidal bombers. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #40
That's what the secret service says Confusious Jan 2013 #42
It's 'lose'. louis-t Jan 2013 #55
Yeesh, make one little mistake and they pounce. Confusious Jan 2013 #57
It is a very common thing, for some reason. louis-t Jan 2013 #62
mass shootings are the tip of a very large iceburg..... bowens43 Jan 2013 #54
Douglas Kennedy is the guy who got away with roughing up a couple of nurses who didn't MADem Jan 2013 #11
The Congressonal Testimony of Dr. Peter Breggin green for victory Jan 2013 #30
My only point is this--there are a number of "points of similarity." MADem Jan 2013 #31
I do take those drugs, and have for 14 years Confusious Jan 2013 #35
I can understand your irritation. MADem Jan 2013 #48
He's a global climate change denier too! Confusious Jan 2013 #36
if they blame drugs and mental illness instead of the guns , yes they are full of shit. bowens43 Jan 2013 #53
Yup... SidDithers Jan 2013 #6
Nah! It's not about integrity with them. Follow the money. Th1onein Jan 2013 #10
Perhaps they realized that even a RW rag like FORBES had gone too far pro-gun cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #5
court jester, Gravel Democrat...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #12
Afraid of pissing off their big pharma advertisers? BuelahWitch Jan 2013 #16
I took myself off SSRIs; so glad I did. MirrorAshes Jan 2013 #32
+10000 Follow The Money Jan 2013 #46
So is being caucasian, having crappy parents or enjoying ready access to weapons, apparently. MADem Jan 2013 #49
Corporate fascism controlling content on the internet and tv is criminal. ananda Jan 2013 #33
+100000000 Follow The Money Jan 2013 #45
What to do...what to do? I mean when you have to big dollar industries Skidmore Jan 2013 #34
There's the very real possibility that suicidal tendencies play a huge role in mass shootings KittyWampus Jan 2013 #41
'If discussion of this health hazard is being suppressed at high levels...' Rex Jan 2013 #47
Well in EVERY case of gun violence a gun was involved........ bowens43 Jan 2013 #51
+1. nt riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #68
Because they remembered they're not the Weekly World News? (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #52
Because many members of congress called and told them to back off 2pooped2pop Jan 2013 #56
This crap again? ceile Jan 2013 #58
Yep, just like a turd that keeps floating to the surface. Nt Confusious Jan 2013 #71
Who can honestly say if they were smoking K2 or bath salts that it wouldn't be front page... Taitertots Jan 2013 #69
The Mental Health community has pretty much 3 options: Weekly therapy sessions@ $120-150 per week, libdem4life Jan 2013 #76
This happens all the time. defacto7 Jan 2013 #77
Horseshit. Deep13 Jan 2013 #78
Locking REP Jan 2013 #79
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