What if everything we thought we knew about depressionand how to heal from itwas wrong?
Many antidepressantsthe first line in our standard of care for treating depressionbring with them potential health risks, yet 1 in 6 Americans takes medication to alleviate feeling sad, anxious, stuck, or unable to focus or sleep. More and more, conventional medicine pathologizes how we respond to life's challengeslike feeling trapped in an unfulfilling job, grieving the death of a loved one, or being anxious about a bad relationshiptelling us that they're symptoms of disease.
Psychiatrist Jodie Skillicorn presents a new path, debunking the myth of the neurochemical imbalance and exploring the roots of depression, such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poorly managed day-to-day stress. Evidence-based and fully supported by current depression research, Dr. Skillicorn's holistic methods for beating depressionincluding nutrition, mindfulness, fostering meaningful connections, exercise, sleep, nature, and breathworkempower readers to become agents of their own wholeness and healing.