Integrative Medicine for Depression: A Breakthrough Treatment Plan that Eliminates Depression Naturally

by James Greenblatt, Winnie Lee

Overview

Integrative Medicine for Depression

A disease that has long plagued humankind, depression is debilitating. Despite the frequency with which they're prescribed, drugs alone don't always provide relief, and often have side effects that limit effectiveness.
There's new hope for treatment, as emerging evidence suggests depression can be triggered by biochemical imbalances and nutritional deficiencies. In the newly updated edition of Integrative Medicine for Depression, mental health expert Dr. James M. Greenblatt emphasizes the treatment of depression using an integrative regimen that first seeks to understand the whole person.
This book offers fresh new possibilities for those who suffer from depression. Incorporating decades of research and treatment in this groundbreaking work, Dr. Greenblatt explains:

■ The biologic mechanisms that cause depression
■ Why previous treatments may have failed
■ Nutritional approaches to improve mood
■ Ways to minimize the side effects of antidepressants
■ Strategies for a personalized supplement program

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781525541902
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Series:	Psychiatry Redefined
Pages:	396
Sales rank:	654,537
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

James M. Greenblatt, MD is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, having treated thousands of patients since 1990. The author of six books, Dr. Greenblatt has educated professionals throughout the United States and Canada on the scientific evidence for integrative medicine in mental health. He is currently Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Services at Walden Behavioral Care.

Dr. Greenblatt is on the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. Please visit www.jamesgreenblattmd.com to learn more

James M. Greenblatt, MD is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, having treated thousands of patients since 1990. The author of six books, Dr. Greenblatt has educated professionals throughout the United States and Canada on the scientific evidence for integrative medicine in mental health. He is currently Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Services at Walden Behavioral Care.

Dr. Greenblatt is on the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. Please visit www.jamesgreenblattmd.com to learn more

Editorial Reviews

2019-05-28
A comprehensive, personalized approach to the treatment of depression that uses an individual's unique "biochemical signature."

According to Greenblatt (Finally Focused, 2017), who co-authored this book with debut author Lee, the psychiatric community has a tendency to treat depression as a monolithic phenomenon, a one-size-fits-all approach that encourages a heavy reliance upon pharmacological cures. There are many different types of depression, however, and a dizzying array of potential root causes. As a consequence, the author avers, each case must be treated singularly. In fact, everyone is "biochemically unique"—a dynamic organization of hormonal, genetic, neurophysiological, and psychological factors. As an alternative to the regnant models of conventional psychiatry, Greenblatt advocates for "integrative psychiatry," a holistic approach that considers the full panoply of depression's causes as well as possible cures, including spiritual responses like yoga and meditation, nutritional programs, exercise, and of course, psychotherapy. The author soberly presents a mountain of data to support his position and confirm his commitment to supporting only "evidence-based medicine." Greenblatt powerfully argues that pharmacological treatments are far less effective than typically reported and not well understood. He presents a discomfiting picture of traditional psychiatry that is financially beholden to a pharmacological industry and dogmatically attached to empirically untenable theories. "Traditional psychiatry is in crisis," he writes. "The ideas as to what causes depression are not based on strong science, and our current treatments are not working nearly as well as they should." Greenblatt's expertise on the subject is irreproachable. He's a psychiatrist who has been successfully using integrative medicine for more than 30 years and has been inducted into the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame. At each stage of his argument, he supplies a bevy of experimental support, and he lucidly, concisely explains remarkably technical subjects like epigenetics: "the study of trait variations caused by external or environmental variables…that may turn genes on or off or may change the ways in which cells ‘read' DNA, but which do not involve any alterations to DNA sequences." Also, the entire study radiates intellectual moderation. Greenblatt never rejects the use of drugs in treatment; he thoughtfully recommends a far more judicious use of them—and only as part of a therapeutic regimen that addresses the full medical profile of each patient.

A scientifically scrupulous and impressively accessible introduction to integrative psychiatry.

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