The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk...

The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy | David Servan-Schreiber | Lots of fascinating and well-researched information

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	The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy David Servan-Schreiber Rodale Books, 2004 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Americans seek therapy in record numbers and consume more medications than ever before, yet stress, anxiety, and depression continue to rise to epidemic proportions. People can spend years on the psychoanalytic couch without making any progress. And for many psychiatrists, the prescription-writing reflex has become almost automatic, despite the fact that benefits often disappear as soon as drug treatment stops. Standard treatments simply aren't long-term solutions.

But psychiatrist/neurologist David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D., knows that we can cure our emotional pain. He's seen certain natural methods produce tremendous results in his clinical practice, in that of his peers, and even in war-torn regions where horrific memories can leave deep scars.

Numerous studies in prestigious scientific journals have documented the amazing benefits of these methods on anxiety and depression, but because the mechanisms through which they operate remain poorly understood, they've remained largely excluded from mainstream medicine and psychiatry. Dr. Servan-Schreiber explains how each of the natural methods in this ensemble treatment plan can help us escape the therapy/drug trap by working through the body to tap into the emotional brain's self-healing processes rather than relying on the cognitive process of language.

Weaving fascinating accounts of his firsthand experience and findings together with the research of hundreds of other esteemed scientists, Dr. Servan-Schreiber outlines a program that's becoming embraced throughout the world as a permanent cure for emotional pain. See how you, too, can tap into The Instinct to Heal.

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Finally, alternatives that I can live with

Dr. Servan-Schreiber walks you through various, alternative methods for dealing with depression. He explains everything in easy-to-understand language without talking down to the reader. He combines common sense approaches such as nutrition, exercise and meditation with more state of the art methods such as EMDR, dawn and stimulation therapies. He also makes a solid case for acupuncture, which I've always believed was great for alleviating some of depression's more stubborn symptoms. I recommend this on my Depression site at BellaOnline and just had to put my two cents worth in here. Buy this book!

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Lots of fascinating and well-researched information

I tend to be a bit skeptical of self-help books because I have seen so many sloppy "new-age" versions, but this one is definitely on a different plane. Using the workings of the limbic (emotional) brain as his organizing principle, the author covers the therapeutic effects of diverse topics, from acupuncture, exercise, diet, light therapy, enhancing communication skills, and community service, to the lesser known practices of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and cardiac coherence. All of the chapters are very well presented with generous reliance on scientific information and studies, so that even being a skeptic accustomed to picking apart scientific literature, all the approaches struck me as at least worth exploring. Because many of these therapies are inexpensive, take time to explain, and are not capable of being patented, the business and medical establishments tend to underplay them. Many a time I have gone to the doctor for some problem or other, and left with a prescription for a medication that gave me side effects worse than the underlying condition. If this book were taken to heart, many people who go to their internist with symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, and pain, would get a prescription to exercise and meditate, instructions on how to eat more beneficially for their brain chemistry, and advice on how to reduce interpersonal conflicts. Even if you're not depressed (I am not and bought the book for someone close to me), it is a fascinating and rewarding read, and suggests many ways (some extremely simple) in which we can enhance the quality of life for ourselves and those around us.

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First Book To Help Me

I have been battling depression (aka: The Big D) for over two years - since I was riffed - and this is the first book to actually help me. A lot of the books on depression seemed to be too academic. Or they focused on somebody else's depression. This book really talked to me. There are valuable suggestions, lots of practical advice, enough experimental data to make it sound like it might actually work for me, and no preaching. I highly recomend it to anybody who is fighting depression or knows somebody who is.

The CURE for depression

I used to be severely depressed and non-functional for many years. I discovered on my own that Nutrition is the most important thing to cure depression. It's especially important to eat fresh fruits and vegetables. So learn a lot about nutrition! The second thing is to deal with your psychological issues. I recommend reading many, many self help books until your psychological issues are all resolved. I am 100% cured of depression now and very busy running my own business! And I did it all myself by eating very healthy food and reading many great self help books!

Drugs and talk "therapy" are NOT the answer. THEY DON'T WORK!!! THEY CURE NOTHING!!! They only make MONEY for the psychiatrists and psychologists! Books are SO MUCH better than worthless "therapists" that just sit there uselessly and listen to you talk and refuse to answer questions or give advice. These people are only interested in making a living! If they cured you, then they'd stop making a living, wouldn't they? So it is in their best interest NOT to cure you! And I have found in my experience that they truly do NOT want to cure you, they have no intention of curing you, and they expend no effort in looking for any cures!

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interessant mais lacunaire

Un commentaire sur un livre qui a été énormément vendu: DSS propose dans son livre une médecine des émotions et l'explique en proposant 7 méthodes alternatives à la médecine classique: la désensibiliation par les mouvements oculaires (EMDR), la régulation du rythme cardiaque, la synchronisation des horloges biologiques par des simulateurs d'aube, l'acupuncture, l'exercice physique, l'apport en Omega-3 et le techniques de communication affective. Ce livre est interessant car l'approche de cette médecine qui ne dissocie pas corps et esprit est malheureusement rarement comprise par la majorité des médecins, pour ne pas dire ignorée. Ce livre est en soi une ouverture et j'espère qu'il va continue à faire remuer le milieu médical pour que les médecins cessent de se focaliser sur la maladie comme si elle étai une entité differente dela personne.
Le livre a ses lacunes: la place accordée au Qi est plus que légère, la candeur de DSS devant ses découvertes est surprenante surtout de la part d'un psychiatre qui a fait de la recherche fondamentale en neurosciences cognitives. La rédaction est claire, mais ses exemples manquent parfois de rigueur et de synthèse.
Merci de rappeler que la santé est un équilibre: ce sera peut être une découverte pour certains médecins mais espérons que ce livre aura les répercussions qu'il mérite.

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