Depression

Healthy Skeptic articles

• Placebo as Effective as Antidepresants
• Antidepressants not as Effective as Research Suggests
• When it Comes to Drug Claims, Skepticism is Healthy
• A Closer Look at Antidepressants
• The “Chemical Imbalance” Myth
• The Dark Side of Antidepressants
• The Heart of Depression
• The Stress-Depression Link
• Treating Depression Without Drugs - Part I
• Treating Depression Without Drugs - Part II
• Treating Depression Without Drugs - Part III

selected offsite articles

• Efficacy of Antidepressants in Adults
• The Emperor’s New Drugs: An Analysis of Antidepressant Medication Data Submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
• Antidepressants: A Triumph of Marketing Over Science?
• Antidepressants and Placebos: Secrets, Revelations, and Unanswered Questions
• Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States?
• The Antidepressant Debate
• Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

Books: serotonin hypothesis & antidepressants

• America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics And How We’ve Been Deceived, by Timothy Scott Ph.D
• Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent, by Grace Jackson M.D.
• The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatmentby Joanna Moncrieff, M.D.
• Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs, by Peter Breggin M.D.
• Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex, by Peter Breggin M.D.
• Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health, by Elliot Valenstein Ph.D

Books: holistic treatment of depression

• Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression, by James S. Gordon M.D.
• The Depression Book: Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual Growth, by Cheri Huber
• The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, by Mark Williams, Zindel Segal, John Teasdale, Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Spiritual Emergency (New Consciousness Reader), by Stanislav Grof M.D.
• Turning Suffering Inside Out, by Darlene Cohen
• When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron

tapes & cds

• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
• “Mini-Moves” (great for daytime relaxation & improving sleep)
• Unconditional Self-Acceptance

nutrition

• Principles of Healthy Diets

handouts

• Natural Treatment & Prevention of Depression