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Web-based seminar on natural treatment of depression

November 5, 2008 in Depression | 6 comments

Dr. James Gordon, a renowned psychiatrist and integrative medicine pioneer, is teaching a four-part online series beginning November 18th on treating depression naturally. Dr. Gordon is the author of Unstuck, which is in my opinion the most complete resource on the holistic treatment of depression available.A graduate of Harvard Medical School and the founder and director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC, Dr. Gordon has been helping people to recover from depression ...
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Upcoming talk: Holistic Treatment of Depression

September 6, 2008 in Events, Classes & Groups, Uncategorized | 4 comments

I will be offering a FREE talk on the holistic treatment of depression on September 24th, from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at the Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, CA.The World Health Organization states that depression is the leading cause of disability, affecting more than 120 million people worldwide. Antidepressants are now the most popular class of drugs in the U.S., and their use has been growing rapidly over the past two decades. ...
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Treating depression without drugs – Part III

August 19, 2008 in Depression | 10 comments

In Part I and Part II of this series, we examined drug-free alternatives to treating depression including exercise, psychotherapy, light therapy, St. John's Wort and acupuncture. We have learned that all of these treatments are at least as effective as antidepressants in the short term, and some (exercise and psychotherapy) are more effective in the long-term. All of these treatments have far fewer side effects, risks and complications than antidepressants. In fact, the ...
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Treating depression without drugs – Part II

August 15, 2008 in Depression | 4 comments

In the first article in this three-part series on treating depression without drugs, we established that several non-drug treatments are at least as effective in treating depression than antidepressants - with few, if any of their side effects. Specifically, we learned that both psychotherapy and exercise compare favorably with antidepressants for treating even serious depression in the short-term, and are both more effective than antidepressants in the long-term.Today we will examine three other drug-free treatments ...
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