Pain, stress and depression: Psychoneurophysiology and therapy
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TL;DR
It is found that all patients with depression have one or more chemical and neurochemical abnormalities and 85 per cent of patients can be brought out of depression within 2 weeks without drug therapy.
Abstract
Abstract Depression is probably the most common illness in the world, and it is much maligned by patients and physicians as well as the insurance industry. We have found that all patients with depression have one or more chemical and neurochemical abnormalities. More importantly, we have found that 85 per cent of patients can be brought out of depression within 2 weeks without drug therapy. The therapy program consists of education, cranial electrical stimulation, music, photostimulation, insight meditation and magnesium supplments. Interestingly, videotaped education is more effective than live lectures.