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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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The "chemical imbalance" myth

June 30, 2008 in Depression, Myths & Truths | 63 comments

"A theory that is wrong is considered preferable to admitting our ignorance." - Elliot Vallenstein, Ph.D. The idea that depression and other mental health conditions are caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain is so deeply ingrained in our psyche that it seems almost sacrilegious to question it. Direct-to-consumer-advertising (DCTA) campaigns, which have expanded the size of the antidepressant market (Donohue et al., 2004), revolve around the claim that SSRIs (the most popular class of antidepressants) ...
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