| If you look up "clinically proven process for | | | | fundamental question about the state of |
| depression" on any search engine (be sure to | | | | depression or any emotional state and that |
| include the quotes as this will eliminate the | | | | is: "What brings about an emotional state and |
| medication sites) you will find the only | | | | or behavior?" If your physician, psychologist |
| clinically proven process for depression just | | | | or psychiatrist cannot answer this question |
| as you would have ten years ago. The majority | | | | how qualified are they? The answer is simple. |
| of people who suffer from this debilitating | | | | If they cannot answer this question they are |
| disorder have been so programmed with the use | | | | guessing, this is why medication for |
| of medication for depression that a process | | | | depression is so widely prescribed. The |
| that actually fixes the problem at the source | | | | reality is there is not a physician, |
| has been all but ignored since its | | | | psychologist or psychiatrist who can answer |
| introduction into psychiatric care in 1990. | | | | this question because none of these groups |
| | | | even asks the question. You simply cannot fix |
| Depression is the primary symptom for almost | | | | it if you do not know how it works and you do |
| all behavior disorders. Go to a psychiatrist | | | | not know how it works if you cannot answer |
| or psychologist with symptoms of depression | | | | the question. |
| and you have just signed up for a | | | | |
| prescription for an anti depression | | | | There is complacency if not outright |
| medication, many of which are linked to | | | | resistance within the community of psychology |
| suicide. This is probably the most profound | | | | toward this clinically proven process. The |
| example of attacking the body to try and | | | | first study of this process in 1992 has had |
| change the mind. This is not to say that a | | | | virtually no impact on how depression was |
| prescription to an antidepressant should | | | | treated then or now. The medical and mental |
| never be done. It just does not make any | | | | health communities have all but ignored it |
| sense as a first step when there is a | | | | and continue with dispersing medication with |
| clinically proven process for depression. | | | | a seemingly high tolerance if not acceptance |
| | | | toward people who commit suicide while |
| In May 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug | | | | depressed or while on depression medication. |
| Administration (FDA) recommended a new | | | | |
| warning label for all antidepressant | | | | The most disturbing suicide statistics of |
| medications. The current "black box" label | | | | late are the average of eighteen military |
| includes a warning about the increased risk | | | | personnel who are committing suicide every |
| of suicidal thinking and behavior in children | | | | day as reported by NBC on December 13, 2007. |
| and adolescents. The FDA wants to expand this | | | | NBC also reported that 20% of active duty |
| warning to include young adults from ages 18 | | | | soldiers are reporting serious mental health |
| to 24. Children and young adults should also | | | | problems including depression and post |
| be monitored for the emergence of agitation, | | | | traumatic stress. All the while the medical |
| irritability, and unusual changes in | | | | and mental health communities are content |
| behavior, as these symptoms can indicate the | | | | with not even posing the question that will |
| depression is getting worse. The risk of | | | | lead to a resolution to this problem and that |
| suicide is particularly great during the | | | | is: "What brings about an emotional state or |
| first one to two months of treatment. Does | | | | what determines human behavior?" |
| medication make any sense with this type of | | | | |
| warning especially when there is a clinically | | | | Question 15 of the clinical study was: Do you |
| proven process for depression that gets to | | | | have thoughts that life is not worth living |
| the very root of the problem? | | | | and you would be better off dead? There was a |
| | | | 95.7 percent improvement in regard to this |
| Everyone can agree that your health and | | | | question and no one was prescreened for |
| well-being is dependent on your doctor's | | | | depression before the study. |
| expertise, so it's important to choose the | | | | |
| physician, psychologist or psychiatrist who | | | | The hope here is that people who have a |
| is best qualified. What does the best | | | | friend, relative, child or know someone in |
| qualified mean in regard to your mental | | | | the military who can be helped by the only |
| health? In terms of the only clinically | | | | clinically proven process for depression will |
| proven process for depression it means | | | | now take action on their own. |
| beginning with an answer to the most | | | | |