The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-10
Suggested Cure For
 Depression itters
Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles, Noted Psychiatrist, As.
 serts They Are Similar to Shell-Shock


 New York, Oct .10-The depres. sion nerves" or "jitters" which have afflicted so many in different ways are exactly the same as the effects of shell-shock in the war They come from the same general cause--fatigue - and they need proper scientific treatment, not medical dosing or optimistic words, declares pr Edward Spence, Cowies, noted psychiatrist and neurologist. Explaining. with defln' ite instructions, what sufferers should do, pr Cowles told Earl Reeves, who reports in Redbook magazine for November:
 "Shell-shock was not new. 1t was mysterious to the army medi- cal men only because they were not trained neurologists. It was not caused by bursting shells. Its in- evitatble prelude was found to be a long period of strain and exhaus- ton. Then, suddenly, some event ---critical or trivial-seemed to be the origin of fixed nervous or phys ical derangement. The real cause was fatigue.
 What was 'shell-shock' in 1914 and after, is 'depression-shock' to- day. As one of the major results of the economic chaos of the last four year. depression-shock exists today on a gigantic scale. It ranges all the way from fixation in 'depres- sion blues to quite serious and sometimes even fatal illnesses Many millions of men and women are below par, unsure, moody, ir- ritable-with judgment impercep- tibly impaired. Moreover-and this is worse-other millions are liter ally sick, in a distressing variety. of ways. Most of these also are be- wildered victims, wholly unaware of the causes of their ailments.
 "True health might be described as 'unselfconsciousne When your health is good, you do not really feel good You have a sense of well-being because your brain, nerves. organs and muscles are in balance, and you are not conscious ly feeling any part of yourself at all. The first step in departure from 'un- conscious health is con- sciousness, a feeling of unbalance or unease which you cannot anal yze or trace. You begin to feel your feelings The usual next step is that your new fund of wor- ries further depletes nerve-cell en- orgy, again reduces the portion of nourishment which the cell takes. and increases the clamor of outgo- ing impulses, progressively, In a vicious circle.
 Queer Feelings
 "The original worry or fear or strain was mental. The nervous fatigue which has now set in Is physiological--a definite change in the nerve-cells: and this physiolog- ical condition now Is fretting the brain further. There may be queer sensations of the skin, a feeling of tightness in the head, heart futters which help to buld up deeper and deeper anxiety. TO snap out of 1t at command may be difficult or im- possible, so long as you do not know what is happening, and why you are so upset. but if you under stand the mechanism of what Is happening, then you know that at the point where your feeling of security is disturbed, and you arc feeling your feelings you are only receiving Q hint that you should rest: and at this point you can rest.
 Literally millions of victims of depression shock in the United states can be cured only by proper treatment. And unfortunately the ordinary medical practitioner can- not even diagnose their ailments. Medical men treat as they are taught. They are taught chemical medicine-physiology and chemis. try. They treat on a physical basis.