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Depression affects a person mentally, spiritually, and physically, greatly impacting their lives and the people they love. With empathy and clear language, psychiatrist Donald Hall explains recent scientific discoveries about the role of chemicals in the brain, and how depression, like other illnesses, has symptoms and cures.Hall integrates spiritual, medical, and psychological principles in his SMART model that leads those suffering from depression to the hope of recovery and healing.Stop Addiction: Don't make depression worse by substance abuseMedicate Chemical Imbalances: Have wise counsel for antidepressant managementAdjust Expectations of Yourself: Release burdens and evaluate self-image distortionsRevise Your Relationships with Others: Set boundaries, talk, practice forgivenessTrack with the Holy Spirit: See your brokenness and lean on prayer and fellowshipFor readers who are suffering from or living with someone dealing with depression, Hall shares fresh scientific discoveries while standing firmly on the good news of God's hope.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 septembre 2009
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736935609
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	8 Mo

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Experts Recommend Dr. Donald Hall’s Breaking hroug Depression

“I am so trilled tat Don Hall as writtenBreaking hroug Depression.Dr. Hall as brilliantly and compassionately combined is vast knowledge about depression from is researc wit is personal experience elping people recover.”

—Paul Meier, MD,autor; founder of te nationwide Meier Clinics www.paulmeiermd.com

“Dr. Don Hall its te nail on te ead wen e describes depression as a ‘complicated problem tat calls for a multistep solution.’ Don’s bookBreak-ing hroug Depressionis a must-read for anyone wo as ever experienced te debilitating eﬀects of clinical depression—or wo as felt elpless as tey’ve watced a loved one struggle wit te symptoms of depression. I tank te Lord tat Don as brougt is scientiﬁc knowledge, teological insigt, and years of experience to bear in tis important book!” —William J. Maier, PsyD, Psycologist in Residence, Focus on te Family

“Hiscemical cascademetapor enligtens te reader on a medical view-point of depression. HisSMART modelfor recovery communicates an easily understandable patway to ealing. Most important of all, e provides bibli-cal guidance for understanding wat is commonly misperceived as a failure of fait…A book full of ope for anyone wo suﬀers from depression!”

—Arcibald Hart, PD,autor ofStressed or Depressed?Board of Directors, American Association of Cristian Counselors, Dean Emeritus, Fuller heological Seminary

“Don Hall…weaves lessons from psyciatry and spirituality into a ric texture of insigts about te recognition and treatment of emotional suf-fering. His SMART steps formula is elegantly simple, providing mileposts along te pat to recovery.”

—Dan G. Blazer, MD, PD, autor; Professor of Psyciatry and Beavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

“A beautiful book—Dr. Hall as provided te general public wit a basic yet pro-found discussion of te serious illness of depression.”

—David Allen, MD, MPH, Autor ofContemplation: Intimacy in a Distant WorldDistinguised Fellow of te American Psyciatric Association

“By combining solid scientiﬁc evidence wit is practitioner’s grasp of uman nature, Dr. Hall as provided a clearly marked road map to improved mental ealt.” —Ray Linder,autor ofWat Will I Do Wit My Money?: How Personality Aﬀects Your Financial Beavior

“his resource will be a welcome relief for anyone experiencing depression. he autor is knowledgeable, informative, and practical, and e provides solutions and identiﬁes causes tat oter books tend to neglect.”

—H. Norman Wrigt, Cristian counselor and autor of over 70 books

Unless oterwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from te HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . NIV . Copyrigt ©1973, 1978, 1984 by te International Bible Society. Used by permission of ® ® Zondervan. All rigts reserved. Verses marked  are taken from te New King James Version. Copyrigt © 198 by homas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rigts reserved. Cover by Koecel Peterson & Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota Poto credit by Neil Steinberg

Clinical depression is a complex medical illness tat sould be managed in a one-on-one relationsip wit a personal pysician or professional counselor. his book oﬀers suggestions on ow to ﬁnd suc a person. his book is not intended to take te place of sound professional medical advice. Neiter te autor nor te publiser assumes any liability for possible adverse consequences as a result of te information contained erein.

BREAKING THROUGH DEPRESSION Copyrigt © 009 by Donald P. Hall Publised by Harvest House Publisers Eugene, Oregon 9740 www.arvestousepublisers.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hall, Donald P., 198-Breaking troug depression / Donald P. Hall. p. cm. Includes bibliograpical references. ISBN 978-0-739-3- (pbk.) 1. Depression, Mental—Religious aspects—Cristianity. . Depression, Mental. 3. Depressed persons—Religious life. 4. Spirituality. I. Title. BV4910.34.H3 009 48.8’—dc 00804947 All rigts reserved.No part of tis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mecanical, digital, potocopy, recording, or any oter—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, witout te prior permission of te publiser. Printed in te United States of America 09 10 11 1 13 14 1 1 17 / VP-NI / 10 9 8 7   4 3  1

To my broter, Keit

Acknowledgments

God provides all we need to live troug te next our of dark mood…or to write a book about depression. I tank Him for pro-viding te ealing words and elpful treatments I am privileged to sare wit you.

I am tankful to my patients, wo ave opened teir earts and taugt me about depression. Doctors learn a lot from teir patients. Mine ave welcomed me into private moments of suﬀering and allowed me to sare in teir days of glorious relief. Altoug teir identities ave been disguised, many of my patients’ life stories are included in tis book. Some may recognize temselves in te pages—oter readers, wom I never ave met, will feel like te stories describe teir own secret callenges and ﬁnd ope for breaktrougs of teir own.

I am grateful to my family. My wife provided comfort and quiet strengt troug te days of writing and rewriting tis book. he deligt of my son and daugter refresed my energy and ambition. My parents, retired scoolteacers, ave demonstrated te value of careful study and loving relationsips.

Several oters assisted wit structuring te ideas of tis book. Dan Towery’s criticism elped to transform clinical topics into eartening discussions. Jon Peteet and Craig Stockmeier oﬀered elpful cal-lenges to my commitment to scientiﬁc integrity. Paul Gossard, Allan Scoles, Ray Linder, David Allen, Pamela DePena, and Amelia Wilson provided editorial advice and support. Finally, of course, I am grate-ful to my agent, Les Stobbe, and Paul Gossard and Harvest House Publisers for making it possible to put tese ideas into print.

Contents

Action/Information Carts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Word from Dr. Paul Meier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hope for a New Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 11 13

Part 1: Wat Is Depression? 1 he Big Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Part 2: Roots of Depression 2 he Black-Mood Brain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3 Hormone Havoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4 Mood-Messenger Misﬁre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5 he Ineritance of Dark Moods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 6 Unmet Emotional Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7 Repression and te Unconscious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 8 Problems of Spiritual Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Part 3: SMART Steps to Healing 9 Recognizing Depression as an Illness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 10 Finding Someone to Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 11 Symptoms and Diagnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 12 he SMART-Step Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 13Stop Substance Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 14Medicate Cemical Imbalances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 15Adjust Expectations of Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 16R197. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . evise Relationsips wit Oters 17Track wit te Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

More Helpful Concepts and Tools Diagnostic Cecklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 “he Glove”: A Mind-Body-Spirit Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Tools: Stress-Management Activities, Relaxation Tecniques, Scripture Verses, Internet Resources, and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257