Stress and depression are hazards of modern life, but some simple therapies can be effective, according to Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh:
“The author is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, where he established a center for complementary medicine. He began his professional career in cognitive science and conducted a comprehensive multi-year study on nerve cell membranes. But it was a trip to India (naturally) to treat Tibetan refugees in Darmsala that led him down other paths. To his surprise, Tibetan doctors diagnosed “imbalances” by taking the patient’s pulse, and examining the tongue and urine. The arsenal of treatments they offered, among them acupuncture and herbs, enjoyed a success rate similar to that of Western medicine in treating a variety of chronic ailments. Moreover, the treatments had fewer side effects and cost next to nothing.
Over time, Servan-Schreiber found that there was nothing better than Western medicine for treating acute conditions like appendicitis, pneumonia and broken bones. But for chronic conditions like anxiety and depression, there are effective ways of activating self-healing mechanisms in the human brain that could produce much better results.”
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