| The patient's depression was crippling.He
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| | aided by their talking to a therapist.
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| was in an out of psychiatric hospitals
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| | Such professionals may include
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| and could not work let alone function a
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| | psychiatrists, psychologists, social
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| normal life. All other treatments had
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| | workers and others with specialized
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| failed him until neurosurgeon John Smider
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| | training. Many have also found great help
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| performed and operation. His skull was
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| | in just talking with a caring friend of
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| opened exposing his brain, in which they
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| | relative.
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| then placed a battery operated
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| | Armand DiMele, director of the Center for
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| "pacemaker." This pacemaker emits a
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| | Psychotherapy, observes: "The depressed
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| rhythmic electrical pulse which
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| | person is protecting himself by shutting
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| alleviates depression whithout altering
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| | down his mind and body and not allowing
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| the thinking process or damaging the
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| | any stimulation. For example, when
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| brain.
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| | someone suffers a loss such as a death,
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| The operation was a success! The patient
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| | he may go into a depression rather than
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| positive attitude soon returned and he
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| | face the loss." The job of the counselor
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| was able to return to work. "You saved my
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| | is to help the sufferer to face the
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| life," he told the doctor. "Now I can
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| | feelings and anxiety that come from such
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| live a normal life."
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| | a loss. DiMele continues: "If the
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| This man was one of many millions of
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| | therapist sitting with him can really
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| americans suffering from chronic
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| | nurture him through and tell him what to
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| depression, a disorder that created
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| | anticipate in body sensations, then the
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| intense feelings of guilt, helplessness
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| | person gradually realizes he can cope
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| and hoplessness. Many other symptoms of
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| | with the emotion, and the depression
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| this disorder are disturbances in
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| | lifts."
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| appetite and sleep, constant fatigue,
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| | Submerged feelings, such as anger,
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| crying spells and the inability to cope
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| | resentment and guilt, have often bred
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| with life and derive pleasure from
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| | depression. For instance, a psychologist
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| anything.
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| | employed by the New York State Mental
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| Only a very slight amount of people
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| | Health Department treated a 58-year-old
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| suffering from chronic depression require
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| | woman suffering from severe depression.
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| surgical treatment with a "pacemaker."
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| | She felt that God had abandoned her and
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| With most forms of major depression
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| | that everyone was talking against her. As
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| trained professions can help the patient.
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| | this expert of 20 years' experience began
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| What treatments are available? There are
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| | to talk with her in a kindly way each
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| a variety. Some suggest that other
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| | week, he noticed that in discussions
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| methods do not work, and others suggest
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| | about her family she never mentioned her
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| that multiple methods work together. Why
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| | mother, with whom she was now living. He
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| is this?
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| | probed. In time she revealed that she
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| Some researchers feel that severe
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| | felt that her mother, by her neglect, was
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| depressions are caused by a physical
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| | responsible for her beloved father's
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| defect in the body, such as a chemical
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| | recent death. Gradually the counselor
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| imbalance in the brain, thusly medication
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| | helped her to overcome this resentment,
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| such as antidepressants are considered a
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| | and her depression melted away.
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| viable method of treatment. Others argue
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| | Since guilt is often a major symptom of
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| that the disorder results from faulty
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| | depression, psychologists will endeavor
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| thinking and that the mind creates the
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| | to eliminate it along with the patient's
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| imbalance and can thereby rectify it.
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| | feelings of worthlessness. One woman
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| These believe that the mind needs
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| | became severely depressed when her child
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| correction by "talk therapy,"
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| | turned rebellious. "I was never really a
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| psychotherapy. While both methods have
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| | proper mother, was I?" she cried to the
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| experienced some good results, neither of
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| | psychiatrist. "That's why she's gone
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| them has the full answer.
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| | wrong." The doctor helped her to see all
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| Mind and Body Involved
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| | the good she had done for the child. The
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| The relationship between the mind and the
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| | guilt then vanished-and so did her
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| body is a complex relationship because of
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| | depression.
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| the close interplay between the mind and
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| | However, the treatment of most cases is
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| body.
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| | unsuccessful, according to Dr. Ronald
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| Each and every patient is different and
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| | Fieve. He reports in his book
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| mental disorders can be very complex.
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| | Moodswing-The Third Revolution in
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| Only a trained doctor can make
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| | Psychiatry that not infrequently, after
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| recommendations as to which approach is
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| | weeks, months and years of working with a
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| best for the patient. It is recognized
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| | moderate or severe depressive, helping
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| that within every field of treatment
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| | him to analyze his behavior, "very little
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| there are often a wide range of
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| | happened."
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| practitioners. For example in
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| | Authorities in the field differ as to
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| psychotherapy there are over 130
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| | intensive psychotherapy's effectiveness.
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| different reported approaches.
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| | One of the reasons for this is that many
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| Talk Out Depression
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| | doctors feel that the chemical imbalance
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| When one is sufffering from major
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| | present in severe moodswings cannot
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| depression, psychotherapy or "talk
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| | always be corrected by psychotherapy.
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| therapy" is one recommended approach.
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| | They advocate the use of . . .
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| Since a depressed person usually has
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| | For a continuation of this article please
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| greatly disturbed ideas, many have been
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| | visit our website HelpingDepression.
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