Dr Brogan - A Mind of Your Own - The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives

Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction: Psych—­It’s Not All in Your Head PART I: THE TRUTH ABOUT DEPRESSION 1 Decoding Depression It’s Not a Disease: What You Don’t Know About This Syndrome and How It Manifests 2 Truth Serum: Coming Clean About the Serotonin Myth How You’ve Been Misled, Misdiagnosed, and Mistreated 3 The New Biology of Depression What Gut Microbes and Silent Inflammation Have to Do with Mental Health 4 The Great Psychiatric Pretenders Two Common, Resolvable Conditions That Can Lead to a Psychiatric Diagnosis 5 Why Body Lotions, Tap Water, and OTC Pain Relievers Should Come with New Warning Labels Common Exposures and Drugs That Can Lead to Depression PART 2: NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR WHOLE-BODY WELLNESS 6 Let Food Be Thy Medicine Nutritional Recommendations to Heal Your Body and Free Your Mind (Without Feeling Like You’re on an Impossible Diet) 7 The Power of Meditation, Sleep, and Exercise Three Simple Lifestyle Habits That Can Enhance Mental Health 8 Clean House How to Detoxify Your Environment 9 Testing and Supplementing Supporting the Healing Process 10 4 Weeks to a Natural High A 30-Day Plan of Action Closing Words: Own Your Body and Free Your Mind Recipes Notes List of Searchable Terms Acknowledgments About the Author About the Publisher

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To the legacy of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez

and to all of the light workers

who illuminate the path for my daughters,

and everyone’s daughters.

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication To the legacy of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and to all of the light workers who illuminate the path for my daughters, and everyone’s daughters.

Introduction: Psych—­It’s Not All in Your Head

PART I: THE TRUTH ABOUT DEPRESSION

1 Decoding Depression

It’s Not a Disease: What You Don’t Know About This Syndrome and How It Manifests

2 Truth Serum: Coming Clean About the Serotonin Myth

How You’ve Been Misled, Misdiagnosed, and Mistreated

3 The New Biology of Depression

What Gut Microbes and Silent Inflammation Have to Do with Mental Health

4 The Great Psychiatric Pretenders

Two Common, Resolvable Conditions That Can Lead to a Psychiatric Diagnosis

5 Why Body Lotions, Tap Water, and OTC Pain Relievers Should Come with New Warning Labels

Common Exposures and Drugs That Can Lead to Depression

PART 2: NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR WHOLE-BODY WELLNESS

6 Let Food Be Thy Medicine

Nutritional Recommendations to Heal Your Body and Free Your Mind (Without Feeling Like You’re on an Impossible Diet)

7 The Power of Meditation, Sleep, and Exercise

Three Simple Lifestyle Habits That Can Enhance Mental Health

8 Clean House

How to Detoxify Your Environment

9 Testing and Supplementing

Supporting the Healing Process

10 4 Weeks to a Natural High

A 30-Day Plan of Action

Closing Words: Own Your Body and Free Your Mind

Recipes

Notes

List of Searchable Terms

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Publisher

INTRODUCTION Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication To the legacy of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and to all of the light workers who illuminate the path for my daughters, and everyone’s daughters. Introduction: Psych—­It’s Not All in Your Head PART I: THE TRUTH ABOUT DEPRESSION 1 Decoding Depression It’s Not a Disease: What You Don’t Know About This Syndrome and How It Manifests 2 Truth Serum: Coming Clean About the Serotonin Myth How You’ve Been Misled, Misdiagnosed, and Mistreated 3 The New Biology of Depression What Gut Microbes and Silent Inflammation Have to Do with Mental Health 4 The Great Psychiatric Pretenders Two Common, Resolvable Conditions That Can Lead to a Psychiatric Diagnosis 5 Why Body Lotions, Tap Water, and OTC Pain Relievers Should Come with New Warning Labels Common Exposures and Drugs That Can Lead to Depression PART 2: NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR WHOLE-BODY WELLNESS 6 Let Food Be Thy Medicine Nutritional Recommendations to Heal Your Body and Free Your Mind (Without Feeling Like You’re on an Impossible Diet) 7 The Power of Meditation, Sleep, and Exercise Three Simple Lifestyle Habits That Can Enhance Mental Health 8 Clean House How to Detoxify Your Environment 9 Testing and Supplementing Supporting the Healing Process 10 4 Weeks to a Natural High A 30-Day Plan of Action Closing Words: Own Your Body and Free Your Mind Recipes Notes List of Searchable Terms Acknowledgments About the Author About the Publisher

Psych—­It’s Not All in Your Head Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication To the legacy of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and to all of the light workers who illuminate the path for my daughters, and everyone’s daughters. Introduction: Psych—­It’s Not All in Your Head PART I: THE TRUTH ABOUT DEPRESSION 1 Decoding Depression It’s Not a Disease: What You Don’t Know About This Syndrome and How It Manifests 2 Truth Serum: Coming Clean About the Serotonin Myth How You’ve Been Misled, Misdiagnosed, and Mistreated 3 The New Biology of Depression What Gut Microbes and Silent Inflammation Have to Do with Mental Health 4 The Great Psychiatric Pretenders Two Common, Resolvable Conditions That Can Lead to a Psychiatric Diagnosis 5 Why Body Lotions, Tap Water, and OTC Pain Relievers Should Come with New Warning Labels Common Exposures and Drugs That Can Lead to Depression PART 2: NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR WHOLE-BODY WELLNESS 6 Let Food Be Thy Medicine Nutritional Recommendations to Heal Your Body and Free Your Mind (Without Feeling Like You’re on an Impossible Diet) 7 The Power of Meditation, Sleep, and Exercise Three Simple Lifestyle Habits That Can Enhance Mental Health 8 Clean House How to Detoxify Your Environment 9 Testing and Supplementing Supporting the Healing Process 10 4 Weeks to a Natural High A 30-Day Plan of Action Closing Words: Own Your Body and Free Your Mind Recipes Notes List of Searchable Terms Acknowledgments About the Author About the Publisher