Depression
Mark Hyman, M.D. examines recent studies that prove to us that antidepressants are not effective and do not work for treating depression. He continues to give us a simple plan to naturally treat your depression by addressing the root of the problem.
Scientific Studies
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Ten years ago the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse revealed their study of inmates, which determined that four out of five, or 80%, were in jail or prison due to some degree of illegal drug or alcohol use. There was little public will to invest in prevention or treatment and although the people in some states have passed laws to indicate their willingness to spend tax dollars on addiction treatment, such as Proposition 36 in California, in belt-tightening economic times like today, addiction treatment is considered a luxury, not a necessity.
“Treat the Addict, Cut the Crime Rate,” Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse; Op-Ed article, Washington Post, August 19, 2006. “As a clinician,” Dr. Volkow, a physician, writes, “I don’t remember ever meeting an addicted person who wanted to be addicted or who expected that compulsive, uncontrollable, or even criminal behavior would emerge when he or she started taking drugs.”
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A new study demonstrates that using antidepressants nearly doubles the chance of suffering a major depressive relapse—and soon after discontinuing the drugs. This, of course, creates a vicious cycle that results in dependence on the drugs.
Published in the journal, Frontiers of Evolutionary Psychology, another highly signficant finding was made. Not only do antidepressants worsen the condition they’re meant to treat, the underlying theory that there is a chemical imbalance in the brain is pure nonsense. Antidepressants do not treat an imbalance. These drugs actually create it!
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