Ouch! When Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. Talked Back to Peter Breggin About Medication in the Treatment of ADHD

The book review is a model of how to take down an arch anti-psychiatrist. It also advises parents about how to get the best care for their child with ADHD.

Anti-Psychiatrist Peter Breggin and Moncrieff’s Critical Psychiatry Network

Peter Breggin is one of the few psychiatrists willing to be publicly affiliated with Moncrieff’s Critical Psychiatry Network. He stands out like a Black person showing up at a Donald Trump rally. A link to Breggin’s website is one of only four the Critical Psychiatry Network offers for its members’ websites and blogs.

Yet, a big part of Moncrieff’s credibility is that she identifies herself as an academic psychiatrist who is part of a network of psychiatrists.

The Critical Psychiatry Network was founded by a group of UK psychiatrists who got together in 1999 to discuss changes to the Mental Health Act proposed at that time in the UK. Currently, the group consists of over 350 psychiatrists, two thirds of whom are based in the UK, the rest spread around the world.

She won’t tell us who all the psychiatrists are. The website has a prominent disclaimer stating:

The Critical Psychiatry Network is not able to respond …