Peter R. Breggin, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in Ithaca, New York, where he treats individuals, couples, and families with children. He is a strong advocate for psychological, social, and educational services that encourage the values of independence, responsibility, gratitude, and love. Dr. Breggin is a graduate of Harvard and the Case-Western Reserve School of Medicine. He is a former Teaching Fellow at Harvard Medical School and a former fulltime consultant at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He has taught at numerous universities including the George Mason University Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, the Johns Hopkins University Department of Counseling, and most recently as a Visiting Scholar at SUNY Oswego’s Department of Education in Upstate New York, the region where he and his wife Ginger have lived since late 2002. Dr. Breggin is the Founder and Director Emeritus of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology www.icspp.org and Founder of the scientific journal, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. ICSPP and its journal are the leading voices for reform in the field of psychology, psychiatry, and mental health. He is the author of dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books. His most recently popular book is Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime (2008, now in paperback). His most recent medical book is Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex (2008). Some of his other well-known books include Talking Back to Prozac (with Ginger Breggin, 1994) and Toxic Psychiatry (1991). A new book, The Conscience of Psychiatry: The Reform Work of Peter R. Breggin, MD (2009), is sponsored and edited by the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP). It brings together hundreds of testimonials and media reports spanning more than fifty years to document and demonstrate Dr. Breggin’s reform career. Dr. Breggin and his views have been covered innumerable times in all major print media and nearly all major radio and television sources. Print media include Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, People, Psychology Today, and Human Events. He has been heard or seen on radio and television across the political spectrum include Oprah and Larry King Live many times, 20/20, 60 Minutes, Nightline, Hannity and Colmes, Hannity’s America, Rush Limbaugh, The O’Reilly Factor, Lars Larson, and Laura Ingraham. With his unique combination of psychological and political commentary, Dr. Breggin presents a regular radio report on the national syndicated talk show Savage Nation. It is heard on 250 stations. He also writes a blog on Huffingtonpost.com. All his radio reports and blogs can be found on his website: www.breggin.com. 