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Moving Beyond Depression - by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz
A Whole-Person Approach to Healing - Hope for those suffering with depression
HELPING THE WHOLE PERSON HEAL
In the past fifteen years, the number of people suffering from depression in America has nearly doubled. Suicide rates continue to rise and more people are slipping into the darkness of despair. The phenomenon isn't contained within the borders of the United States or confined to technological frontiers of the industrialized world. Across the globe, by the year 2020, depression is projected to be second only to heart disease as the leading cuase of debilitating illness. It's everywhere; it's increasing; it's serious.
How do people start healing?
Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D., suggests that readers get away from the quick-fix
mentality of chemical solutions and start recognizing that the whole person,
must be healed. Focusing on emotional, environmental, relational, physical, and
spiritual causes of depression, Dr. Jantz provides a model for relief that takes
into consideration the uniqueness of the suffering person and helps readers to
tailor a solution specific to their needs.
Here is what one of the
world's greatest psychiatrists has to say about "Moving Beyond Depression" and Dr. Jantz's treatment philosophy:
"Moving Beyond Depression" Forward By Abram Hoffer, Ph.D., M.D., FRCP(C), co-founder of Orthomolecular Psychiatry, president of the International Schizophrenia Foundation
I became a psychotherapist in July 1950 because there was no other kind of treatment available. Psychoactive drugs were just on the horizon and electroconvulsive therapy was reserved more or less for psychotic depressions and schizophrenia. Psychoanalysis was becoming much more popular because it promised something-it promised that patients might be helped if they were analyzed long enough. In 1952 I became an orthomolecular therapist. I began to treat schizophrenic patients with large doses of vitamin B-3 and with Vitamin C. Since then I consider myself a good psychiatrist because I no longer am either a psychotherapist or an orthomolecular therapist; I treat each patient as a unique person who is sick and needs help. This help includes four basic elements-shelter, food, civility, and therapy-with treatment ranging from psychotherapy to pure drug therapy. Every part of a person's life is important. Neglecting one prevents the best response possible even when other issues are addressed.
Books about depression followed the same trend I saw in the psychiatric world. They focused on either one or the other-a form of psychotherapy or a form of drug therapy. The psychotherapist behaved as though the brain was a complex of psychological difficulties that were not related to the body's biochemistry, and the pure organicists behaved as if the patients simply had to be filled with medication with no attention paid to all the other factors. Too many modern psychiatrists belong to this latter group. Their patients are fast in and fast out, with just enough time to ask how you are doing and to write a prescription. I demand of myself that every patient must be treated with dignity, with respect and understanding, and with proper attention to the diet and to orthomolecular therapy. That means using the right nutrients, vitamins and or minerals, and medication when needed (in as low doses as are effective and for as short a time as possible).
With this brief background you will understand why I like this book so much and why I endorse it for anyone who is depressed, for his or her family, and for doctors and other therapists. It contains an excellent description of the way Dr Jantz interacts with his patients. He is sensitive to their needs, provides structure in the treatment, and treats them with dignity, respect, and for as long as is necessary to achieve recovery. He knows that physical diseases can be at the root of depression and these must be identified and treated. He knows that food allergies and sensitivities can and very often will cause chronic depression. (I have seen a patient suffering from twenty years of depression recover in a few days when the food to which she was reacting was eliminated.) He knows that nutrients, vitamins and minerals, and essential fatty acids will be very important for many. And he understands that for many patients, correcting the most modifiable cause of depression is important and it may well be that biochemical pathology is that cause. If psychological problems are the most important cause then more attention will be given to them.
It is this combination of therapies that considers the entire person that makes this book so unique and valuable. Dr. Jantz calls his approach integrating the "whole person." If only this were accepted by all our medical schools and universities! I hope that every therapist, no matter their basic training, will employ the theory and methods described in this book. I heartily agree with Dr. Jantz's approach and believe this book will help many people recover from depression.
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Moving Beyond Depression
is designed to explain each aspect of
the whole-person approach and how, taken together, they can identify
real answers to curing depression. If you suffer from light to severe depression,
this book is designed to help you articulate your feelings, define
your questions, and uncover your unique answers that will lead you
to recovery from its oppression.You may choose to study this book with a Caring
Professional, someone who can assist you in your recovery
process, or you may be determined enough to read through the book on
your own. Whenever possible and appropriate, please consider working
through this material with another person who is equipped to assist
you in understanding your depression and willing to walk this
journey of recovery with you. You can
experience joy again in your life. It is our hope that Moving Beyond Depression will be helpful in your recovery from
depression. If after reading the book, you are desirous of more
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Reviews ~ What Others say about "Moving Beyond Depression"
"Moving Beyond Depression" offers encouraging and practical help. With wisdom and sensitivity, Dr. Jantz challenges popular approaches to treating depression and provides real solutions for real healing.-Dr. Tim Clinton, author of numerous books and president of the American Association of Christian Counselors
"Moving Beyond Depression" is an
extraordinary book that not only touches the very core of this troubling disease
but offers healing guidance and wisdom that is totally on target for anyone who
suffers from depression. Dr. Jantz has once again taken his professional
expertise and integrated it with spiritual wisdom to explain the whole-person
approach to healing, health, and happiness.
-Cynthia
French, author of Humanville
Dr. Jantz has written a book that
looks at depression with wisdom and heart. "Moving Beyond Depression" will give
those who struggle with depression and those who love them understanding and
hope.
-Sharon Hersh, M.A., LPC, author of Bravehearts and Mom, I Feel
Fat!
I found Dr. Jantz's book to be a
useful tool for self-discovery and healing. Understanding the roles that
emotional, environmental, relational, physical, and spiritual healing can play
in the treatment of depression would have been most helpful in my own recovery
from clinical depression. By treating the whole person rather than simply the
disease of depression, Dr. Jantz gives people with depression the opportunity to
reclaim their personal integrity and individuality."
-Laura Lawless, Miss Arizona 2002 and mental health advocate.
Dr. Jantz does it right. After citing that 20 percent of Americans battle
depression, he doesn't take the fill-the-with-pills attitude. Instead, he
teaches what he calls the whole-person approach and urges readers to seek the
causes. His premise is that there is no single cause and no single path to
recovery. I highly recommend this practical book.
-Cecil Murphy, author of numerous books, including The God Who Pursues and The Relentless God
In "Moving Beyond Depression", Dr. Gregory Jantz leads readers through,
around, and beyond depression. This book will benefit untold numbers of those
experiencing depression.
-Robert A. Anderson, M.D., author of Clinician's Guide to Holistic
Medicine
I really appreciate your book on depression. I think many of us who are
Christians feel we should not suffer from depression. As a result, we do not
seek the help we need. That is why your book and your ministry are so important.
Thank you for all you do.
-Kathryn Fish,
WPEO.com Radio
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