Peaking out: How My Mind Broke Free from the Delusions in Psychiatry

A Secret Kept Hidden for Thirty Years. Dr. Al Siebert, nationally acclaimed author of THE SURVIVOR PERSONALITY, reveals for the first time how his doctoral training in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan led him to uncover major delusions in psychiatry & how his training as a sergeant in the paratroopers prepared him for surviving a medical specialty that tries to "cure" people of ideas it can't tolerate. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Siebert talks about a secret kept hidden for thirty years. In 1965, shortly before starting a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at the Menninger Foundation, he conducted an experimental interview with a young woman diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. His interviewing method led to her immediate recovery. When Dr. Siebert told the psychologists & psychiatrists at the Menninger Foundation about his extraordinary breakthrough, they declared him mentally ill. They canceled his fellowship & had him locked up in the back ward of a psychiatric hospital. Signed out "Against Medical Advice" for thirty years, this retired educator, business owner, author, & community leader speaks out about the delusions that keep psychiatry from being less effective than placebos. Distributor: Independent Publishers Group 800/888- 4741.Siebert, Al is the author of 'Peaking out: How My Mind Broke Free from the Delusions in Psychiatry', published 1995 under ISBN 9780944227107 and ISBN 0944227104.