DO AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS ‘OVER-PRESCRIBE’ ANTIDEPRESSANTS?

2013: BIG APPETITES FOR ANTIDEPRESSANTS Australian doctors dole out more antidepressants than almost any other rich country, according to a new OECD report that confirms antidepressant prescriptions have soared over the last decade. Earlier this year an Australian study found a dramatic 93.5% increase in dispensing of antidepressants despite their problematic effects. See the study […]

DEPRESSION – A CLINICAL CASE STUDY

THE FOLLOWING CASE IS TAKEN FROM MY PATIENT FILES AND ILLUSTRATES HOW DEPRESSION CAN BE PROPERLY TREATED WHEN THE CAUSE IS KNOWN Maureen* was 48 yo and happily married with 3 teenage children. She worked full-time as a lawyer and had worked her way up to a top position that earned her respect and a high wage. […]

TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION: FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN B12 MAY BE BENEFICIAL

The following study was published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology (Jan 2005): We review the findings in major depression of a low plasma and particularly red cell folate, but also of low vitamin B12 status. Both low folate and low vitamin B12 status have been found in studies of depressive patients, and an association between […]

NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS MAY PREVENT DISEASE

EATING A BALANCED DIET WILL NOT PREVENT NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES AND DISEASE – NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS PRESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR BIOLOGICALLY UNIQUE BODY PROBABLY WILL The Forces Against Health inAustralia Nutritional medicine could save hundreds of millions of lives, but vested interests actively pursue the opposite. Commentary by Ian Brighthope, M.D.                                                        Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, June 25, […]