In its assistance to patients coping with depression, The Center for Counseling and Health Resources provides programs based on the philosophy outlined in Dr. Jantz’s book Moving Beyond Depression, a work praised by well-known psychiatrist Dr. Abram Hoffer. The organization’s Hope for Depression program additionally looks at contributing situations such as anger, anxiety, stress, and emotional exhaustion.
Experts say that depression usually has more than one root cause. Biology and biochemistry, heredity, age, gender, and the state of a person’s overall health all play a role. In addition, experiences of loss, grief, stress, and trauma can trigger long-lasting and severe episodes of depression. Many prescription drugs produce side effects that can include depression, and a significant number of depressed men and women also have problems with drug or alcohol abuse, which only exacerbates their depression.
Many people who suffer from depression receive well-meaning but erroneous advice from friends and family who advise them to “snap out of it” or “just look on the bright side.” But recovery from depression is neither quick nor simple. Depressed individuals do not have the ability to will themselves back to full engagement with the world. Because depression is a condition caused by issues affecting the whole person, it requires a whole-person treatment plan such as that offered by Dr. Jantz and his team at The Center for Counseling and Health Resources.