122: Depression: a symptom, not a disease (part 1)
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Depression is escalating, world-wide, as is the use of psychotropic drugs to treat it. What is happening? Why is mental illness increasing at alarming rates? Are drugs the best way to treat it or are there alternative approaches to consider? In today's episode, Dr. Kelly Brogan, a holistic psychiatrist and the author of "A mind of your own," challenges our preconceived notions about the causes and treatment of depression and other mental illnesses.
Kelly suggests a holistic approach to treating mental illness--that the best way to heal the mind is to heal the body first. She suggests looking at gut health as a factor in mental health; she explores how psychological issues can be approached without the use of drugs; and she discusses the risks and benefits of decreasing medication. Finally, she offers action steps to help heal the body and the mind.
For more on Dr. Kelly Brogan, her book, and courses, visit her website: kellybroganmd.com.
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| 0:00.0 | How is it that psychiatric illness take major depression is ever escalating? |
| 0:06.7 | It's the number one cause of disability worldwide according to the WHO. |
| 0:11.6 | How is that the case if we also have ever escalating |
| 0:15.2 | access to treatment? |
| 0:17.0 | We have more people taking psychotropics today |
| 0:19.5 | than ever before in human history. |
| 0:21.5 | Shouldn't that be resulting in diminished at least disability |
| 0:25.2 | rates? |
| 0:26.2 | Why are they escalating in tandem? |
| 0:29.3 | Medication is actually driving epidemics of disabling mental illness. Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast sponsored by the Westin A Price Foundation |
| 0:48.0 | for Wise Traditions and Food Farming and the Healing Arts. We are your source for scientific knowledge and |
| 0:54.1 | traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:59.2 | I'm your host Hilda Labrada Gore. This is episode 122 and my guest is Dr Kelly Brogan. |
| 1:07.0 | Kelly is the author of the International and New York Times Best Selling Book, |
| 1:12.0 | A Mind of Your Own, and she is the co-editor of the Landmark |
| 1:15.4 | Book Integrative Therapies for Depression. |
| 1:18.4 | She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Mount. and she has a Bachelor of Science from |
| 1:23.9 | Cornell University Medical College and she has a Bachelor of Science from |
| 1:27.6 | MIT in Systems Neuroscience. She is a holistic women's health |
| 1:32.0 | psychiatrist with a practice in Manhattan. |
| 1:35.0 | Obviously, Kelly is an expert on the topic of mental health and depression in particular. |
| 1:40.0 | She challenges how we view mental illness, its root causes, and treatments. |
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