The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy

by David Servan-Schreiber and David Servan-Schreiber MD PhD

Book Overview

Seven natural treatments for stress-related disorders are presented in this guide to help readers move beyond traditional drugs and therapy by tapping into the emotional brain's self-healing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579549020
• ISBN13: 9781579549022
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Claimed “like new” but was poor condition

Lied about condition - claimed “like new”, but poor at best! Turn cover, damaged corners and spine, scratched, bend ripped pages, dirty smudged cover and pages.

The Instinct to Heal

So gratifying to read that science backs up much of what some of us have been doing for many years. Easy read for a sometimes complex subject.

it worked and helped a lot

I had IBS and bad sleep for almost two years, and never figured out a way to deal with them, not even had a clue how to control them a bit. Until one day I figured that I might be a person with depression, anxiety (I never believe that I had them before) and stress (of course everyone got this), I bought this book and start to read it. It's well written but it also sounds a fiction movie to me. But anyway I tried the breath method, the first method mentioned in the book. And it worked amazingly well and it simply cools me down and help me relax. I guess I am just kinda of person that get excited easily regardless of happy or bad things I am dealing with. In a word, I guess this breathing is the instinct or natual way people should do couple of times everyday, but more and more people seems lost it somehow these days.

Finally, alternatives that I can live with

Dr. Servan-Schreiber walks you through various, alternative methods for dealing with depression. He explains everything in easy-to-understand language without talking down to the reader. He combines common sense approaches such as nutrition, exercise and meditation with more state of the art methods such as EMDR, dawn and stimulation therapies. He also makes a solid case for acupuncture, which I've always believed was great for alleviating some of depression's more stubborn symptoms. I recommend this on my Depression site at BellaOnline and just had to put my two cents worth in here. Buy this book!

Praise from a cynical customer

After suffering from anxiety and depression for years I felt a bit helpless. This book helped to open a hopeful horizon. By simply following the guidance from this book I have become an absolute advocate of Mr. Schreibner's advice. This is a compassionate and human approach towards a growing epidemic in our culture. If you or someone you love suffers from anxiety and / or depression you can only be helped by this book. A+!

An extraordinary book

It is easy to read and easy to follow--and written by a science-based MD/psychiatrist with the highest credentials. The book brings together and explains treatments to heal a range of problems confronting millions of people. All the treatments have been verified by science and are readily available--but unknown to people who are suffering needlessly. The book was a best seller throughout Europe for months. It's great that it is finally available in the United States!