Quick Overview

Neil Nedley, M.D., internist, author, researcher, and lecturer, has responded to a chronic need in America–the need for an updated and definitive work on the subject of depression. The author of the powerful and popular book, Proof Positive, now turns his attention to a malady that plagues up to one patient in three who seek medical help. Treatment of depression is most often attempted with medication. Dr. Nedley introduces an entirely new approach by finding and treating the actual underlying cause.
This book begins with an explanation of the brain and how it works, with an understandable description of depression in its various forms.
Dr. Nedley next examines the role of herbs and medications in the treatment of depression: their benefits, side effects, and the best way to successfully discontinue them. Considerable space is also devoted to the role stress plays in causing depression and to adequately control it.