Rob.Flor@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Flor) (12/07/90)
Index Number: 12404
Patricia, in response to last weeks questions re:your friend and
lithium, I want to suggest two books:
"From Sad to Glad" by Nathan Kline gave me my first knowledge
regarding chemotherapy for depression. Dr. Kline was one of the first
experimenters with lithium, his book gives its history, some theories
of what occurs in the brain that shows up as depression (with drawings,
informative, easy to follow, a good background), and he also discusses
the two other drug types available then (60's or 70's) which are still
widely used - tricyclics and MAO inhibitors.
"Feeling Good" by uhmm, Bernz maybe. Actually it is out of the work
done by the Cognitive Therapy studies done at Columbia University. Two
thirds of the book is devoted to explaining how thoughts affect mood,
recognizing some of the patterns of thought which become traps, and
giving alternatives which avoid the pitfalls and can lead to solving
problems instead of becoming enmeshed in a helpless depression.
The last third of the book covers drug therapies in practical detail,
covering attitudes toward drugs, common misconceptions; to models of
what is occuring in the brain, and how, though their purpose was to
devise a therapy that did not depend on drugs, often chemotherapy sped
the process.
This book I highly reccomend, Patricia. I was studying Polarity
Therapy and going for a certificat in Nutrition Counciling at the time
anti-depressants were advised. It was difficult to assimilate, here I
was commited to an alternative health field being prescribed a therapy
I saw as not dealing with the true issues. Fortunately, I knew that
one of the students took lithium so I confided my uncertainties to her.
She took me to the bookstore after class and bought me this book. I've
found it to be an informative, balanced, and practical reference.
Cheers!
-Rob
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