Treat Depression With Proven Techniques Of Natural Resources

We are in an era of depression ... And it gets worse

According to World Health Organization (WHO), depression is the leading cause of morbidity in North America and high incomes. It is the fourth leading cause worldwide in 2030, is expected to be the second leading cause of morbidity worldwide.

"Depression" usually refers to chronic or severe levels of sadness, anxiety, impotence, insomnia and lack of interest charges, and other related feelings. Depression can be mild or severe. "Dysthymia" implies long-term symptoms that keep you feeling good and works well but does not disable the person affected by the disease. "Major" depression interferes with a person's ability to function normally and enjoy life, including the ability to sleep, work, eat and socialize. "Bipolar disorder", also called manic-depressive illness, is characterized by wide mood swings, including high (mania) and lows (major depression). Bipolar disorder is not as common as other forms of depression.

Antidepressants are the drugs most commonly prescribed in the U.S., most frequently prescribed medications for high cholesterol, hypertension, asthma, or headaches. (2) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in visits to doctors and hospitals in 2005. 118000000 were antidepressants (high blood pressure drugs were the second most common, with 113 million prescriptions). Nearly 232 million antidepressant was written last year, a sharp increase. (3) About 30 million patients in the United States spent $ 12 billion anti-depressants in 2007. (4) the overall average doctor (MD) to spend on each patient to determine the best approach is to treat the patient in question during the visit? Approximately 15 minutes. (5)

The use of antidepressants and related drugs has exploded in the last decade and this trend should continue. More people receiving no response before continuing need for depression? More people are depressed and need treatment? Increased number of people receiving treatment for symptoms reflecting depressive symptoms, and general sadness with prescription drugs?

These are the key issues relating to the health care system approach to depression, especially if one takes into account the new research addressing the effectiveness of prescription drugs.

New medical studies raise many eyebrows, and even more questions

The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently published a study that calls into question both the selective publication of (positive) of medical studies of antidepressants, and because we have accurate, unbiased perspective of their effectiveness and risk-benefit ratio. (6) Instead of just considering the published studies on the effectiveness of antidepressants, the authors assessed all trials registered in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and released. According to published studies, showed that 94% of tests showed positive results. However, when unpublished studies were included in only about half (51%) showed positive results, suggesting a bias in the publication of positive studies, a significant challenge to their power.

The authors concluded that they could not determine, however, in September the publication bias, but noted that "[s] elective reporting of clinical trial results may have adverse consequences for researchers, study participants, health professionals and patients" .

As a group of researchers wrote in a letter to the NEJM as a follow-up study, "[t] he most serious consequence of this study is that the guidelines for the treatment of depression may be inaccurate because they are often based on meta-analysis of published data alone.

This is the current system makes it impossible for scientific journals to provide a valid power of antidepressants pictures. "

In addition, a recent study in PLoS Medicine publushed believes that the new antidepressants such as SSRIs, can benefit only the sickest patients, and "[] ven patients improve when they take antidepressants, but also to improve when they take a placebo [as a pill sugar], and the difference in improvement is not very large. This means that depressed people can improve without chemical treatments. "

Explosion in the use of antidepressants is linked to recent studies questioning their effectiveness

Dr. Ronald Dworkin has a clear opinion on the current state of treatment of depression, which, as already noted, includes $ 12 billion spent on antidepressants in the United States. Dworkin, a professor at the Hudson Institute in Washington, is the author of "Artificial Unhappiness:. The Dark Side of the happy new class", "Doctors are now medicating unhappiness," said Dworkin. "Too many people take drugs when you really need to make changes in their lives." (9)

Getting Unstuck - The book, which challenges the $ 20 billion of pharmaceutical company advertising and the traditional treatment of depression

Drug companies spent almost $ 20 billion in advertising in 2001, the largest amount was spent to promote the antidepressant drugs. A new book by integrative medicine pioneer James S. Gordon, MD critique of our current system to treat depression, as widely and rapidly with antidepressants and offers a comprehensive and largely self-directed for those who suffer from depression. "Galt: Your guide for travel Seventh stage of depression" Gordon is the first attempt to write to the program he has developed and used for 35 years to treat depression, stress and extreme anxiety.

Gordon, founder and director of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) in Washington, DC, has developed to establish a program for more than forty years ago and used it for patients and education to health professionals during the period. It 'was also chairman of the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, President Bill Clinton.

Gordon believes that depression is not a disease but a sign that human life is out of balance, or "blocked". He argues that even if there are biological changes associated with depression, are inconsistent among patients, and are more likely to be the result of feelings of despair, loss and helplessness as the cause. A key factor in Gordon's approach is that antidepressants are prescribed, and are less effective than other less toxic approaches. According to Gordon, to write a prescription of antidepressants has become an alternative, well-intentioned but ill-informed and quick to doctors, who have little time to spend with patients is due to our current medical reimbursement, which encourages a short visit to the patient. Their use has risen accordingly.

Gordon comprehensive approach that emphasizes self-care techniques, including changes in diet, nutritional supplements, meditation and exercise, is important - from the typical modern medical approaches to treating depression, which was used and controversial supportive therapy and cognitive - based primarily on prescription and only then.

Seven Steps program

Gordon unstuck program consists of seven stages and a variety of self-care techniques to treat depression. He tells patients to stay antidepressants begin to work, and their physicians and other health professionals in the program. Seven steps, as Gordon is named, they are:

The Ring. Gordon notes that one should be aware that he is depressed and decides that change is necessary.

Travel Guides. Unstuck program aims to find people, such as health care professionals who can help the patient through the process.

Surrendering to change. This step is letting go of the things that we can limit, and pass the stream of life.

Deal with demons. Gordon discusses the challenges faced in the process, such as exposure, pride, anger and fear, among others.

Dark Night of the Soul. This phase implies the freedom to appear as participants move into despair throughout the process.

Spirituality: a blessing. The program manages to make something or someone greater than ourselves.

Return. This phase is to learn to live every day joy, deep and deliberate in light of what participants have experienced.

Treatments, exercises and techniques used unstuck

Gordon includes a variety of forms of counseling and teaching in the different approaches to welfare are included below. Ironically, some of these techniques have existed for thousands of years. Although empower patients to take control of the process, Gordon also strongly recommends that each patient to find labor "guide" or therapist to support them.

* Meditation

* Sport

* Self-expression through words, drawings and movement

* Yoga

* Nutrition and supplements

* Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

* A variety of spiritual practices

* Psychological Counselling

Scientific basis for the program

Gordon has developed and used the wrong program for 40 years. The program is taught by Dr. Gordon and faculty of the "Mind-Body Medicine Professional Training Program" organized by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, is based in Washington, DC. The center has taught in the program and the access to thousands of medical schools, health professionals and individuals around the world since 1994. The program currently used in New Orleans, the entire Middle East, with veterans returning from Iraq and others around the world to help relieve the symptoms of stress, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

There are thousands of peer-reviewed scientific studies of individual techniques is included in the program, Gordon cites unglued. In addition, several published studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the Gordon method.

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