Coming off Psychiatric Drugs

Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-9545428-0-1
Verlag: Lehmann, Peter

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

The first book in the world about the issue of successfully coming off psychiatric drugs primarily addresses people in treatment who decide to withdraw. It also addresses their relatives and therapists. Millions of people are taking psychiatric drugs, such as Haloperidol, Prozac, Risperidone or Zyprexa. For them, detailed accounts of how others came off these substances without ending up once again in the doctor's office are of fundamental interest.
In this manual, 28 former psychiatric patients from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Serbia & Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA write about their experiences with withdrawal. Additionally, eight professionals, working in psychotherapy, medicine, psychiatry, social work, natural healing and even in a runaway-house, report on how they help in the withdrawal process.
The chapters: The Decision to Withdraw • Withdrawal without Pharmacogenic Problems • Coming off Step by Step • Counterweights • To Withdraw with Professional Help • Better Sometimes than Forever • Professional Support • The Time After
"This book is a must read for anyone who might consider taking or no longer taking these mind altering legal drugs and perhaps even more so for those able to prescribe them." (Dr. med. Loren R. Mosher [1933-2004], Soteria Associates, August 26, 2002)
"The book has a provocative message: life-experiences sometimes differ from scientific agreements. Based on the personal experiences of (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry and the few professionals who assist people to come off psychiatric drugs, the book is a good place to open the discussion. The book should be available in every medical practice, in every therapeutic ward, in every patient library." (Pirkko Lahti, President of the World Federation for Mental Health 2001-2003, August 19, 2002)

Zielgruppe

Psychiatric patients and their relatives; consumers, users and survivors of psychiatry, journalists, politicians, pastors, lawyers, judges and guardians; all professional workers in the psychosocial field: physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, naturopaths, psychologists, paedagogues, therapists, carers as well as the interested public

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lehmann, Peter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chamberlin, Judi

Lahti, Pirkko

Mosher, Loren R

Bach Jensen, Karl

Bellion, Regina

Boevink, Wilma

Chmela, Michael

Gölden, Bert

Gombos, Gábor

Jesperson, Maths

John, Klaus

Kempker, Kerstin

Laskowski, Elke

Lindner, Ulrich

Meyer, Constanze

Nettle, Mary

Parker, Una M.

Rath, Nada

Redig, Erwin

Reetz, Hannelore

Richter, Roland A.

Rufer, Marc

Russo, Jasna

Setter, Lynne

Urban, Martin

Voelzke, Wolfgang

Webb, David

Zehentbauer, Josef

Zurcher, Katherine

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Lehmann, D. Phil. h.c., is a certified pedagogue, independent publisher, author, freelance activist in Berlin, and Associate of the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal. In 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and in 2011, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President of Germany. English publications include, "Alternatives beyond Psychiatry" (2007, edited together with Peter Stastny; also as e-book available); "Withdrawal from Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs" (2023, edited together with Craig Newnes; also as e-book available).