The Instinct to Heal: Curing Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy by David Servan-Schreiber is one of those books that you might pass up in the bookstore. The title promises everything, and who is this guy anyway? - and the cover is very, very bland. This guy, Dr. Servan-Schreiber is a French, award winning psychiatrist and neuroscientist whose background includes directing the Center for Complementary Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh's Shadyside Hospital. And he was the Chief of the Hospital's Division of Psychiatry and Director of the Behavorial Sciences teaching program. So he's got some credentials. (For more on his resume - http://www.instincttoheal.org/) Better yet - he can write well and take complex material and make it more accessable to the layperson.
I read about him and some of his theories in Ode magazine (July 2006 issue.) Their article was focused on the food - mind connection he talks about. In the article, he mentions depression and Omega 3's and how they are bound together. I was curious and read his whole book, enjoyed it, (can you say that about a medical book?) and I am trying some methods out.
I could go on and on about the interesting things he talks about, the whole Omega 3 chapter is an eye-opener (and wouldn't you know it - the Chicago Tribune has an article about Omega 3s, in their Sunday, September 10th paper in the Q section), but this is not a medical blog! And if you don't have any of the symptoms that he talks about ...well aren't you lucky! If you're interested in the topic - his book is a good place to start.
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