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What Causes Depression?

What Causes Depression?

by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 26, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing

What causes depression? When thinking about the cause of depression it is useful to see us as more than just a mere machine. Modern medicine does tend to think of human beings in such a way. For example, seeing the kidneys as operating like a swimming pool filter, the...
Medications as a cause of depression

Medications as a cause of depression

by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 23, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing

Medications can be a less obvious cause of depression. These include a group of drugs known as Beta Blockers. Before ACE Inhibitors became available in the 1980’s, Beta Blockers were the most popular blood pressure medications and are still widely used today, such as...
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Dr. Alex Joannou

Dr. Alex, Founder of Transformational Acupuncture International, 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 400,000 patient consultations and over 60,000 acupuncture treatments. Dr. Alex trains acupuncture practitioners globally to “Stick It To Depression” using Transformational Acupuncture.

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