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Fast Food and Depression

May 7th, 2012 · No Comments

Two research studies show that eating fast food is linked to a greater risk of suffering from depression.

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Tags: News - Addiction and Alternative Health

Criteria for Selecting Medical Treatment

January 3rd, 2012 · No Comments

The criteria for selecting medical treatment should be based on 4 criteria: safety, efficacy, expense and difficulty. Based on these 4 criteria, next consider the four main kinds of molecular treatments for chronic medical and psychiatric disorders.

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Tags: Drug Addiction Alternative Treatment

Anti-Depressant Use and Relapse

July 31st, 2011 · No Comments

Recent research concludes that patients who have used anti-depressant medications can be nearly twice as susceptible to future episodes of major depression.

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Tags: Prescription Drugs Addiction

Marijuana and Psychosis

August 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal substance in many countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States and recent research suggests that even infrequent use could raise the real risk of a serious mental illness by 40 percent.

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Tags: Marijuana Addiction

Get Rid of White Sugar, White Flour, White Rice and . . .

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Get rid of white sugar, white flour, white rice, and white oils to help keep your blood sugar under control and maintain a biochemical balance within the brain according to Michael Lesser, M.D., a nutritional psychiatrist and author of The Brain Chemistry Plan. He is one of the pioneers in the development of orthomolecular psychiatry and medicine.

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Tags: Drugs and Brain Disorders · Sugar Addiction

Fight Alcoholism Through Nutrition

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

After years of research, Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D., author of Seven Weeks To Sobriety – The Proven Program To Fight Alcoholism Through Nutrition, set up an addiction treatment clinic in Minneapolis, MN that has over a 70% success rate. The Health Recovery Center was a pioneer in a holistic way of treating patients.

Dr. Larson states that “talk therapy” can help with coping skills and serious emotional issues but it cannot repair your alcohol altered brain and nervous system or banish the depression, unstable moods, and cravings that stem from the biochemical changes alcohol brings about. The program focuses on biochemical repair and restoration.

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Tags: Alcohol Addiction · Drug Addiction Alternative Treatment