To a great extent anti-depressants are not needed in treating most cases of depression. The research is very clear on this, cognitive-behavior therapies, such as Ellis' Rational Emotive Therapy, or Beck's Cognitive Therapy for Depression, have been shown to be more effective than anti-depressants alone. But the combination of the two is the most effective in treating depression, http://antiwrap.com/x48a96e9b2c776
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9574861 What I'd suggest is that you go to your state's psychological association and go to their providers listings. Find a psychologist in your area who is trained in either RET or Cognitive Therapy, and arrange for at least an initial appointment. Most therapy programs last around 12 to 16 weeks. You're not going to be lying on a couch - rather there will be a fair amount of work involved. You'll be learning new ways of thinking and methods and techniques that help to challenge habitual depressive thoughts. However its really worth the effort. regards, larry > > Mary Jo wrote: > > As for the doctor claiming that depression is not a disease, well > while I would agree that anti-depressants are given far too often > > The Doc is claiming that 99% of depression cases don't need meds and > that depression meds come with serious side effects that there's no > good reason for - i.e., the pills are a scam. > > I would go one step further our whole medical community has been > duped > by Pharm companies over the last 30 years and patients are paying the > price both physically and financially. > > As an example consider that statins are a $30 billion/yr industry. > Not only have they not been proven effective, it's claimed they are > simply synthetic vitamin D! > http://www.doctorsaredangerous.com/articles/statin.htm > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_04/b4068052092994.htm > > More books and info here: > > Overdosed America > http://www.amazon. com/Overdosed-America-Promise-American-Medicin> e/dp/0061344761/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218992551&sr=8-1 > > Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies > Are > Turning Us All Into Patients > http://www.amazon. com/Selling-Sickness-Pharmaceutical-Companies-Patients/dp/156025856X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218992551&sr=8-2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
