Stick It To Depression Blog
Resources to help manage depression or anxiety and increase your peace and joy.
Detoxing the Mind: How Acupuncture Can Help Patients Reset After the Festive Season
The festive season often brings a beautiful blend of joy and, let’s be honest, a bit of exhaustion, too. While it’s a time filled with celebration, connection, and indulgence, it can leave your patients feeling physically drained and emotionally stretched thin. From...
Acupuncturists’ Guide to Supporting Patients Through Holiday Grief
The holiday season is just around the corner. While many look forward to the festivities and joy it brings, for those grieving a loss, it can stir up a mix of emotions. Even people who normally embrace the holiday cheer can find this time of year particularly...
Acupuncture for Mental Health in the Corporate World: Bringing Wellness to Stressed Professionals
Have you ever worked with clients navigating the high-stakes corporate world, where stress and mental health challenges seem to come with the job description? For many professionals, juggling deadlines, performance pressures, and a relentless pace is part of daily...
Acupuncture for Depression-Related Sleep Disorders: Improving Mental Health Through Rest
We can all agree that sleep is one of the most essential parts of our day. Even though it comes at the end of the day, a good night’s rest is what fuels us to perform our best the next day.Unfortunately, not everyone enjoys restful sleep, especially for people dealing...
The Role of Acupuncture in Preventing Relapse or Recurrence in Depression
Depression is widely recognized as a serious condition impacting both physical and mental health, affecting about 1 in 7 people in Australia, according to BeyondBlue. But did you know that alongside this ongoing challenge, there’s another concern to watch for: the...
From Stress To Serenity: Exploring Acupuncture’s Role in Managing Panic Attacks
One of the challenges of living with mental health issues is dealing with the unexpected moments they can bring, such as panic attacks. These episodes can be particularly unsettling and are more common than you might think—Health Direct Australia reports that up to 15...
Understanding the Patient Experience: An Acupuncture Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Communication
We can’t deny the growing number of patients turning to acupuncture as an alternative treatment nowadays. This shift shows that people are becoming more open to new healing methods. Beyond the appeal of alternative treatments, a key factor driving this trend is the...
Why Acupuncturists Need To Be A GP’s Best Friend
When we feel ill or experience pain, our first thought is often to visit a general practitioner (GP). This makes perfect sense, as GPs have spent years studying the human body and learning the best ways to heal it. However, before modern medicine, people relied on...
Holistic Healing: Integrating Acupuncture into Cardiovascular Care for Depressive Patients
When we talk about depression, it's often viewed solely from a mental and emotional perspective. However, as we've discussed in our previous blogs, issues impacting mental well-being can have significant implications for our physical health, too. One such connection...
Antidepressant Deprescribing: As an Acupuncturist, What Should I Do?
In a world where quick fixes are often sought after, antidepressants tend to be the go-to option for doctors treating patients with depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns. However, as we've mentioned, while antidepressants can be effective, they also...
About Dr. Alex
Dr. Alex Joannou is the leading global expert on depression and acupuncture, an award-winning speaker, 2x #1 best-selling author, and highly accredited GP. His 40-year medical career spans 300,000 patient consultations and over 35,000 acupuncture treatments. Dr. Alex trains acupuncture practitioners globally to “Stick It To Depression” using Transformational Acupuncture.
