The Depression Cure

Informationen zum Autor Stephen S Ilardi, PhD, is associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Kansas, USA, and the author of over 40 professional articles on mental illness. Through his active clinical practice, Dr Ilardi has treated several hundred depressed patients. Klappentext Subtitled, "The Six-Step Programme To Beat Depression Without Drugs". A refreshing approach, which makes sense of the disease and gives the opportunity for recovery without prescriptions. Ilardi has an 85% cure rate. Zusammenfassung Outlines a step-by-step plan for recovery, which focuses on six key lifestyle elements that have largely disappeared in healthy doses from modern life: physical exercise; omega-3 fatty acids; natural sunlight exposure; restorative sleep; social connectedness; and, meaningful, engaging activity. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: Introduction viiPART ONE: UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION1: The Epidemic and the Cure 32: Making Sense of Depression 273: Treating Depression: The State of the Art (and Science) 47PART TWO: THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE: The Six Steps4: Brain Food 715: Don't Think, Do 976: Antidepressant Exercise 1237: Let There Be Light 1458: Get Connected 1779: Habits of Healthy Sleep 207PART THREE: MAKING THE CHANGE10: Putting It All Together 23111: When Roadblocks Emerge: A Troubleshooting Guide 249II: Appendix A 273III: Appendix B 275IV: Notes 277V: Bibliography 283VI: cknowledgments 295VII: Index 297

Vorwort
A groundbreaking treatment that has been clinically proven to deliver a lifelong cure for depression

Klappentext

Subtitled, "The Six-Step Programme To Beat Depression Without Drugs". A refreshing approach, which makes sense of the disease and gives the opportunity for recovery without prescriptions. Ilardi has an 85% cure rate.

Zusammenfassung
Outlines a step-by-step plan for recovery, which focuses on six key lifestyle elements that have largely disappeared in healthy doses from modern life: physical exercise; omega-3 fatty acids; natural sunlight exposure; restorative sleep; social connectedness; and, meaningful, engaging activity.

Inhalt

• I: Introduction viiPART ONE: UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION

• 1: The Epidemic and the Cure 3
• 2: Making Sense of Depression 27

• 3: Treating Depression: The State of the Art (and Science) 47PART TWO: THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE: The Six Steps

• 4: Brain Food 71
• 5: Don't Think, Do 97
• 6: Antidepressant Exercise 123
• 7: Let There Be Light 145
• 8: Get Connected 177

• 9: Habits of Healthy Sleep 207PART THREE: MAKING THE CHANGE

• 10: Putting It All Together 231
• 11: When Roadblocks Emerge: A Troubleshooting Guide 249
• II: Appendix A 273
• III: Appendix B 275
• IV: Notes 277
• V: Bibliography 283
• VI: cknowledgments 295
• VII: Index 297