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Helke ferrie was born in germany to nazi resistance fighters and spent much of her childhood in india where, 42 years ago, she met her husband, a canadian doctor. The goldwater rule and free speech, the current political. The general use made of formaldehydeespecially in the form of the commercial 40 per cent. Breggin, md, has been called the conscience of psychiatry for his efforts to reform the mental health field, including his promotion of caring psychotherapeutic approaches and his opposition to the escalating overuse of psychiatric medications, the oppressive diagnosing and drugging of children, electroshock, lobotomy, involuntary treatment, and false biological theories. Breggins more recent books, especially his new medical text braindisabling treatments in psychiatry second edition, springer publishing company, new york, 2008.
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