Natural Prozac: Learning to Release Your Body's Own Anti-Depressants - Hardcover

Robertson, Joel C.; Monte, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062513532 ISBN 13: 9780062513533

Publisher: Harper San Francisco, 1997

Synopsis

Offers a drug-free approach to treating depression by using the body's own chemistry to restore the brain's chemical balance and put an end to the patterns of negative thinking

About this title

Review:

Another book that seeks to help the depressed change their brain chemistry without medication, Natural Prozac divides such people into two types. "Satiation" types seek to boost their levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin to promote relaxation, calmness, and a sense of security, and often become uncomfortable in overly arousing situations. "Arousal" types, on the other hand, eat foods and participate in activities that boost norepinephrine and dopamine, neurotransmitters related to alertness, assertiveness, and aggression; such people would rather be anxious than bored. According to Robertson, one of the ways for each of these types of people to battle depression is to act against their instincts: when satiation types raise their "excitement" chemicals and arousal types raise their "calmness" chemicals, their brains come into better balance; while this may make them anxious at first, eventually they become tolerant of the higher levels. Robertson recommends a variety of methods for doing this--through diet, exercise, spiritual practices, and even music (songs by Bach raise serotonin, he says, while Springsteen's "Born to Run" boosts norepinephrine and dopamine). Although some readers may be uncomfortable with being pigeonholed into a category, those who agree that they fit one type or the other will find plenty of advice on what to do next.

About the Author:

Joel Robertson, is an internationally renowned clinician, publisher, lecturer, consultant, and author of Home Recovery Systems and Help Yourself. He is the director of the Robertson Institute, which provides neurochemical evaluations and treatment techniques for corporations, athletes, and mental health facilities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper San Francisco
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0062513532
• ISBN 13: 9780062513533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215