Catherine Darley, ND In Japan, karoshi refers to suicides of employees after a period of overwork and work stress. Here in America, many people are working to the extent that their health is damaged and disease states manifest, although not yet to the extent that we...
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Depression — Part 2
Part 2 of 2 David Arneson, ND Many vitamins and minerals serve as cofactors and coenzymes for the production of neurotransmitters from amino acids. Our mainstay for treating depression and other mental health issues has always been intravenous (IV) nutrition and...
Anxiety and Depression: A Materia Medica Review
Jillian Stansbury, ND By numerous accounts, a large percentage of the US population is using antidepressant and anxiolytic medications. This may say a lot about the condition of the human heart and soul. A 2005 survey1 done by Kaiser Permanente reported that the use...
Insomnia: Review of Nutritional Interventions
Jonathan E. Prousky, ND, MSc Biopsychosocial Context Insomnia, as defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,1 is unsatisfactory sleep that impacts daytime functioning. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) describes the...
Depression and Sleep Quality
Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Regular, quality sleep is of paramount importance to good mood and good health. Evaluating and solving sleep issues address a pertinent underlying cause in the pathogenesis of depression and deserve strong attention by the physician....
Depression: Protocols for Repairing Biochemical and Neurochemical Processes
David Arneson, ND Depression is defined in Stedman’s Medical Dictionary 25th Edition1 as a reduction of the level of functioning. It is also defined as a sinking of spirits so as to constitute a clinically discernible condition. Endogenous depression is further...
Management of Opioid-Induced Constipation
Tolle Causam Gaia Mather, ND Constipation is a problem that will affect nearly every patient at some time in their lives. According to Goodheart and Leavitt,1 functional constipation affects 12% to 19% of the American population. Whether due to a transient change in...
The Current Healing Crisis—Part 2
Why Anthroposophically Enhanced Medicine? Robert B. Kellum, ND, PhD, MSOM/LAc, LMT Click to Read Part - 1 Click to Read Part - 2 Click to Read Part - 3 Click to Read Part - 4 Finding the Causative Factors of Illness In his discussion of “therapeutic order” in...
To Sabbatical or Not to Sabbatical
Beth DiDomenico, ND A sabbatical seems like an unreachable escape for many of us, but what if it was just the thing we need for ourselves and, ultimately, our practices to be and feel successful? How long do you want to practice? When are your loans going to be paid...
Ostracism—the Painful Exclusion
Interview With Kipling D. Williams, PhD Mark Swanson, ND Have you ever been excluded, ignored, shunned, or purposefully left out? Then you’ve been ostracized, and the hurt is painful and lasting. Ostracism, even when brief and from strangers, is a painful event much...