THE DEPRESSION MAKEOVER is a revolution in our understanding and treatment of depression. Dr. James N. Herndon reveals startling, hidden facts about depression - today's #1 health problem - and shows us innovative new ways to win the depression battle.

Depression seems to be everywhere nowadays. Either we feel depressed ourselves, or a friend or relative is depressed, or some celebrity is telling the world about his or her depression. Statistics claim that each year one in ten people will suffer from depression — and that most will never seek treatment. And the number of depression sufferers keeps growing. Some call depression an epidemic. It certainly appears that way. But one thing’s for sure: Our modern psyche is under attack. And the attack is intensifying. At the same time, the media and our health care professionals are bombarding us with a message that says: “Depressed? Well, your depression can be cured. All you need is the right pill...the right anti-depressant.” Yet, with all this relief just around the corner, more and more persons seem to be suffering from the depression “disease.” For me, the topic of depression has always been shrouded in a false sense of mystery. Many of the answers have always been in plain sight, but we have persistently failed to observe the obvious. Unfortunately, “mental health” problems are also big business, so it is often highly profitable to divert attention from the obvious.

But the problem of depression has reached a flash point. It is now, reportedly, the number one health problem facing primary care physicians, and reputedly, the number one health concern for women. In fact, on May 20, 2002, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of MDs, issued a statement recommending that primary care physicians screen ALL of their adult patients for depression. This same task force found insufficient evidence for such a recommendation. I have spent many years conducting depression research and I have worked with many depressed persons. I have to tell you — something’s not right. The media and our mental health community are saying one thing about depression (we have no control over our depression and only anti-depressants can “cure” it). And I’m seeing another (depression is a normal, naturally controllable condition, and anti-depressants are dangerous and ineffective). Tragically, the most serious problems faced by today’s depression sufferers are often not due to depression at all. Rather, anti-depression drugs are creating a horrifying range of side-effects, frequently more excruciating than the deepest depression. And compounding the misery, attempts to stop taking anti-depressants often plunge the depression sufferer into a nightmare of terrifying withdrawal symptoms. The time has come to start asking some hard questions about the way we are treating depression. Because the depression “situation” is deteriorating. rapidly. In fact, it is my belief that we need an entirely new path, one that puts control back in our own hands, where it belongs.

To date, both medicine and psychology have failed us. Miserably. The truth of the matter is, overcoming depression is, first and foremost, a training problem. Simply, we must learn some new skills — skills that will lead us out of depression and prevent us from ever again becoming severely depressed. We must learn to be our own best medicine. Is this possible? And is it realistic? Yes. But first, we need to critically look at where we are right now. We need some facts. And we need the truth. A lot of hard questions are facing us and we need to demand some answers. Are anti-depressants really accomplishing anything? Or are they, in fact, some of the world’s most harmful drugs? Is depression being scientifically diagnosed? Are women really twice as depressed as men, or is this just another modern day form of discrimination? And what about so-called childhood depression? Why are we ruthlessly drugging many of the youngest, most helpless members of our society? Let’s finally get to the bottom of this thing we call “depression.” What really is it? What is its message and what does it mean for us? And let’s ask the most important questions of all: How can we get rid of our depression? And what can we do to prevent it? And let’s have some answers we can use.

This book is in three parts:

Part I explores the meaning of depression. Does it have a purpose? And is it actually there to “help” us?

Part II explores what’s going on in today’s depression “marketplace” — the flawed research, as well as the uncontrolled, and needless, drugging of our minds and bodies.

Finally, in Part III we talk about “The Anti-Depression Secrets,” hidden strategies that my research has shown to be highly effective in subduing and preventing the feelings of depression (If you’re looking for help right away, read Part III first, then go back and read Parts I and II).

The Depression Makeover has three objectives. First, to remake the facts about depression. Second, to “makeover” the way we react to our own depression. And, third, to learn how we can truly “make-it-over” being depressed all the time, every time. Depression presents us with perhaps today’s greatest health care challenge. Is there hope? Yes there is, but only if we’re willing to re-think our preconceptions, and then to take charge of our own mental health. I don’t just wish you success in the battle against depression, I know that success is possible. And I know that you will succeed.

James N. Herndon, Ph.D.


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