With one in four adults suffering some form of mental health problem in their lifetime, record numbers are seeking therapy and turning to medication. But is this the answer? Some people can spend years on the psychoanalyst's couch without making any progress. And, for many people, the benefits of prescription drugs disappear as soon as they stop taking them.
It is possible to cure stress, anxiety and depression without drugs and without psychoanalysis. In Healing Without Freud or Prozac ? the No. 1 international bestseller ? award-winning psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr David Servan-Schreiber describes seven highly effective treatments that work through the body to tap into the emotional brain's self-healing process. These treatments ? combining cutting-edge science with alternative medicine, and validated by scientific research ? are the psychiatry of the future. Fascinating case studies record the astonishing results that Dr Servan-Schreiber has witnessed in his clinical practice and during his work for Medecins Sans Frontieres. This book is an essential read for anyone wanting to avoid the drug/therapy trap.
Dr David Servan-Schreiber is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and co-founder of the Center for Complementary Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has published more than 90 scientific monographs and lectures at leading academic centres around the world. One of the original members of the board of Medecins Sans Frontieres, USA, he served for nine years and worked on the ground in Kurdistan, Guatemala, India, Tajikistan and Kosovo. He is currently based in Paris, where he teaches and writes.