Episode 106: Treating depression with the ultimate low-dose interventions
In episode 106, James and Mike welcome back our good friend and colleague from New Zealand, Bruce Arroll. Out of respect, we made sure there were no earthquakes during his visit because earthquakes, as we found out, can be somewhat depressing. On that note, Bruce brings us some very useful information about non-drug treatments for depression and towards the end Mike and James breath deeply, meditate, problem solve and then write about it in their gratitude diaries and lo-and-behold we finish the podcast feeling much better than when we started – always a good thing.
Show notes
Seeing patients weekly
Exercise
Practice nurse phone call
Gratitude diaries
Am Psychologist 2005;60:5:410–421
Breathing
Int J Nurs Stud 2010;47:1346–1353
Meditation
J Consult Clin Psychol 2008;76:966-78
Light therapy
Problem solving
Cognitive behavioural therapy