description: The mental health system in the United States and much of the Western world stands at a crossroads. Health practitioners too often have treated patients as if they were machines, waiting to be fixed by mechanics with the wrong tools. The pushing of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs has resulted in an ever-enlarging pool of "clinically" depressed consumers who are not getting well. Outsmarting Depression examines the inherent weaknesses in the reigning medical paradigm for recognizing and treating the "common cold of mental illness" and offers strategies that work. This book will show o How to distinguish biological from emotional/spiritual depressiono Why psychiatric drugs are not as effective as we are told they areo How to activate the mind’s and body’s unique healing systemo How to avoid being caught between warring practitionerso What leading professionals really think about depression treatments
language: English
title: Outsmarting Depression: Surviving the Crossfire of the Mental Health Wars
titlecomplete: Outsmarting Depression: Surviving the Crossfire of the Mental Health Wars
publisher: Cedar House Pub