Psychological trauma can put a stranglehold on your life. Childhood abuse, car accidents, sudden death of a loved one, the list goes on and on. You try and put things in the past and forget about them, but it can be hard to move on. Your friends and family may tell you to “get overit,” “move on,” and “just snap out of it.” You try, but it’s not that easy. The more they tell you things like that, the worse you feel, because now you are a failure, in addition to everything else. But there is a better way. We have developed a program that will let you take charge of your recovery from psychological trauma. START-NOW is an easy acronym that spells out eight point plan to recovery. It lets you be in charge, and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Taking charge of your own recovery from psychological trauma is a powerful tool. This seminar will cover the points in the recovery program outlined by psychiatrist and stress researcher J. Douglas Bremner, MD, in his new book You Can’t Just Snap Out of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma. We will cover a number of ways you can get on the road to self recovery from psychological trauma, like stress reduction techniques, meditation, mindfulness training, and anxiety reduction strategies, as well as changes in lifestyle that can improve your mood and how you feel about yourself. We also offer tips to partners and families to help them understand what you are going through. The START-NOW program has easy to remember point to help you on the path to recovery, teaching principles like seeking safety, talking about trauma, learning altruism, and many others. “Dr Bremner has written a must-have how-to guide to recovery from psychological trauma that is clear and easy to follow. This long awaited book from the eminent expert and researcher on traumatic stress is an excellent resource for self recovery for trauma survivors.” --Robert Lemelson, PhD, adjunct professor of Anthropology at UCLA, and documentary filmmaker. “Dr. Bremner and Lai Reed have distilled their extensive, scholarly knowledge of trauma, its effects, and its treatment into a practical, usable, reader-friendly format. You Can't Snap Out of It should prove very helpful for survivors of all types of trauma, including combat. The book provides many strategies and exercises for coping trauma and for recovering from it.” Colin A. Ross, M.D., author Trauma Model Therapy

You Can't Just Snap Out Of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma: Introducing the START NOW Program

Self-Help

Bremner, J. Douglas

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Health, Fitness & Dieting

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In 2001 Hoffman-La Roche's drug Accutane was selling in its billions worldwide as a treatment for acne. For those who suffered from extreme scarring acne, it was something of a miraculous treatment, however evidence started to mount that for others it was a death sentence. Over the next few years it was estimated that between 300 and 3,000 young people being prescribed Accutane since its launch had committed suicide or killed others. In 2001 the father of young man in Ireland who had committed suicide approached Dr. Doug Bremner as Professor of Psychiatry &amp; Radiology at Emory University to see if he could find a causal link between the drug and depression. His findings were that the drug did have an effect on the brain likely to cause acute depression in some patients, which was not surprising as it is a molecular cousin of Vitamin A which is known to cause depression in excessive quantities. One might think that Hoffman-La Roche would have welcomed these findings. After all, no-one was doubting that Accutane was an extremely effective remedy in many cases, it was just that it appeared to have lethal side-effects in others. You might like to think again on that one. 'The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg' is the account of what Hoffman-La Roche did next, which was to prosecute a determined, energetic and vindictive campaign against Dr. Bremner designed to suppress his findings and destroy his career and livelihood. Nonetheless, Dr. Bremner persisted and today the prescription of Accutane (now known as Roaccutane among several other names) is subjected to the closest of scrutiny not only for its potentially depressive effects, but also for the likelihood of its causing birth defects and stunting growth. Knowing that the life of a whistleblower is rarely a happy one, why did Dr. Bremner decide to take anything that Hoffman-La Roche could throw at him rather than back down? There may be some rational reasons for this such as he had a strong belief that the public should be well informed about the side-effects of drugs in order to be able to make an objective decision, but maybe the real reason was more an emotional one stretching back to an equally determined, energetic and vindictive web of secrecy based on a pivotal and traumatic event in his childhood which he was also determined to get to the bottom of. From the pen of the author of 'Before You Take That Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health: Risks and Side Effects You Won't Find on the Label of Commonly Prescribed Drugs, Vitamins, and Supplements', this is a truly riveting and emotional read detailing just what it costs to take on the full might of one of the largest corporations in the world when you have never claimed to be a saint and have no desire to become a martyr.

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Biographies & Memoirs

Bremner, Doug

Professionals & Academics

Psychological trauma can put a stranglehold on your life. Childhood abuse, car accidents, the sudden death of a loved one, the list goes on and on. You try and put things in the past and forget about them, but it can be hard to move on. Your friends and family tell you to "get over it," "move on," and "just snap out of it." You try, but it's not that easy. The more they tell you things like that, the worse you feel, because now you are a failure, in addition to everything else. But there is a better way. YOU CAN'T JUST SNAP OUT OF IT will teach you how to take charge of your recovery from psychological trauma. It gives you tools to put you on the road to recovery, like stress reduction techniques, meditation, mindfulness training, and anxiety reduction strategies, as well as changes in lifestyle that can improve your mood and how you feel about yourself. We also offer tips to partners and families to help them understand what you are going through, because loved ones may hold the key to your recovery. The book introduces the START-NOW Program, which we have developed. It incorporates an easy-to-remember acronym that spells out an eight-point plan to recovery, teaching principles like seeking safety, talking about trauma, learning altruism, and many others. This book lets YOU be in charge of your recovery, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg. Taking charge of your own recovery from psychological trauma is a powerful tool. So what are you waiting for? START-NOW!

You Can't Just Snap Out Of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma

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