Medication Madness

More than fifty true stories of violence, suicide, and psychosis from America’s leading critic of the psychopharmaceutical industry.

Medications for everything from depression and anxiety to ADHD and insomnia are being prescribed in alarming numbers across the country, but the “cure” is often worse than the original problem. Medication Madness is a fascinating, frightening, and dramatic look at the role that psychiatric medications have played in dozens of cases of suicide, murder, and other violent, criminal, and bizarre behaviors, including:

A mild-mannered man who becomes violent and suicidal

An innocent teenage girl who nearly stabs her mother to death

A ten-year-old child who hangs himself

A physician who commits bizarre, career-ending robberies

Dr. Breggin personally evaluated every case in his role as a treating psychiatrist, consultant, or medical expert. The great majority lived exemplary lives and committed no criminal or bizarre actions prior to taking psychiatric medication, and not one ever repeated these behaviors when drug free.

This book documents how the FDA, the medical establishment, and the pharmaceutical industry have oversold the value of psychiatric drugs. It serves as a cautionary tale about our reliance on potentially dangerous psychoactive chemicals to relieve our emotional problems and provides a positive approach to taking personal charge of our lives.

“Breggin’s assertion that psychotropic drugs induce rather than treat brain imbalances is controversial, but this book is a reasoned look at these drugs, which have come under increasing scrutiny in the media as well as medical world.” —Publishers Weekly