The Prozac Alternative: Natural Relief from Depression with St.John's Wort, Kava and Other Alternative Therapies
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By: Ran Knishinsky
Format: Paperback
From: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Pub. Date: September 1998
From: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Pub. Date: September 1998
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 1998-10
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 160
Ean: 9780892817917
Isbn: 0892817917
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 1998-10
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 160
Ean: 9780892817917
Isbn: 0892817917
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"There are some legitimate arguments in favor of diet therapies for the treatment of mild to moderate depression.
There are herbal drugs that work fairly well, too, although the rationale behind using them eludes me. It's like chewing willow bark rather than taking synthetic aspirin to lower a fever. Why would you *do* that?
And as for homeopathy, it's nonsense. There is no good evidence whatsoever for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies (most of which are too dilute to contain even a single molecule of the "active" substance).
People with depression often resist "artificial" help from psychotropic medications in favor of apparently "milder" methods that carry less of a social stigma. I can see how the promise of relief would be appealing here -- but much of that promise is illusory.
People with depression often feel hopeless, and don't believe that anything can help them. To offer such people a futile treatment and call it an "alternative" is wrong, wrong, wrong."
~ Written on 1999-09-02
There are herbal drugs that work fairly well, too, although the rationale behind using them eludes me. It's like chewing willow bark rather than taking synthetic aspirin to lower a fever. Why would you *do* that?
And as for homeopathy, it's nonsense. There is no good evidence whatsoever for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies (most of which are too dilute to contain even a single molecule of the "active" substance).
People with depression often resist "artificial" help from psychotropic medications in favor of apparently "milder" methods that carry less of a social stigma. I can see how the promise of relief would be appealing here -- but much of that promise is illusory.
People with depression often feel hopeless, and don't believe that anything can help them. To offer such people a futile treatment and call it an "alternative" is wrong, wrong, wrong."
~ Written on 1999-09-02
"This author presents a very well balanced, objective view on natural supplements as an alternative to drug treatment. Phenomenal book! Covers a whole range of subjects from depression, herbs and the health food industry, prescription drugs, St.John's wort, homeopathy, kava, Fish Oils, B vitamins, DHA, and more. The research is great. Everything here is carefully footnoted and the author makes certain that the reader gets a good understanding of herbs and their biological effects. Over 200 Endnotes. Great resource section."
~ Written on 1998-11-24
~ Written on 1998-11-24