Dr. Peter R. Breggin has spearheaded successful efforts to reform the mental health industry and promote empathetic therapies for decades. His research laid the groundwork for today's critiques of psychiatric medicines and diagnosis. He has written hundreds of scientific papers and more than twenty books, including the best-selling Toxic Psychiatry (1991) and Talking Back to Prozac (1994, co-authored with Ginger Breggin), as well as Psychiatric Medication Withdrawal (2013).