Hopeful Living/ Depression, the Way Out Class at Davis High

Hopeful Living/ Depression, The Way Out

January 19- March 16 (9 weeks, Wednesday nights)

6:30-8:30 p.m., Davis High School room 2309 

Class fee: $50 per person, additional $25 workbook fee

Optional textbooks recommended (bought at a discount in class)

Come learn the benefits of using a comprehensive approach to healing and/or preventing depression. Although the focus of this class is on depression, this approach is also known to help with anxiety. This course was researched and developed by Neil Nedley, MD. See www.drnedley.com. You will learn the following and more:

• Factors that contribute to depression and anxiety
• Effective lifestyle treatments
• Necessary nutrients for serotonin and melatonin production
• Foundational CBT tools
• How Utah's geography contributes to the problem, and what to do about it
• Coping with stress productively
• Social support and dealing with loss
• Why frontal lobe enhancement is vital to mental health, and how to enhance it
• This class encourages commitment and change 

Further information will be in the Davis County Community Education mailer (mailed to all residents) in January, or check the Nedley website.

Utah Depression Recovery 2010 Conference

Update on the 2009 Special Needs Conference

I will be presenting an introductory session of the NDRP program at this conference scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2009. Participants who come to the Introductory Session will have the opportunity to register for the full eight week program (scheduled for Jan-Mar 2010), to be held at Kids On The Move Early Intervention Center in Orem, UT.

Details for this conference can be found at the following links:

www.unitedwayucv.org/org/programs/10237621096.html

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www.kidsonthemove.org/files/snc2009Register.jpg
(participant registration form)
www.kidsonthemove.org/files/sncExhibitor2009.jpg
(exhibitor registration form)

Mental Health Services Awareness Night

I just heard about this event, and I am planning on attending:

http://intermountainhealthcare.org/classes/Pages/CalendarDetail.aspx?EventID=957


Description

A free evening workshop for local leaders to outline and explain the counseling and other resources available in Utah County to help people dealing with mental or emotional conditions.

Information booths, speakers and a panel discussion.

Attire for the evening is business or business casual.

This workshop is being sponsored by UVRMC, BYU Comprehensive Clinic, United Way of Utah County and NAMI of Utah County

Introduction to Nedley Program - November 2009

An introduction to the Nedley Depression Recovery Program will be on the agenda for the upcoming Special Needs conference hosted by Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah on Saturday, November 14th. Details will be forthcoming.

Participants attending this introductory session may reserve their place at an upcoming program to be held at Kids On The Move, Inc. in Orem, UT in early January. Space will be limited to the first 20 participants who register at the conference.

Getting the Word Out to the Public and Professionals

For those of you who are interested in spreading the Depression Recovery Education news, here are some suggestions from a career Television Manager.

1- Go VIRAL- That means we start blogging and using the web--and the word starts spreading.

2- If several people will start blogs and tell all their friends and class members about them, the word will start to spread.

3- On our blogs, explain our story. Why did we get interested in these programs? What is our involvement in the Mental Health arena? Etc.

4- Keep the blogs to under 500 words. Put appropriate pictures on the blogs to add interest. Remember that it is open to the public, so do the blog accordingly.

5- About every 4th blog, write on a current topic that has some controversy if you want to get more readership to your blog.

6- Know our objectives: To provide educational opportunities for professionals in Utah, and to educate the Utah public about Depression and Anxiety healing (and for Jacob, about ADD and ADHD).

7- When our under-structure is sound in Utah, we want to appear on local talk shows, radio stations, and newspapers so that the public can have access to the program.

8- Let's Do This!!!!

NDRP Topics in More Detail

Here is more detailed information on what we will be covering in the Nedley Depression Recovery Programs:

Introductory Session: The Human Brain, Depression Increasing, the causes of Major Depression, the 10 Hit Categories, Treatments should depend on the Cause, General treatment Measures, Patient Improvement.

Session 1: The Symptoms and Effects of Depression, The 10 "Hit" Categories, The Twenty Week Cure.

Session 2: Lifestyle Hits, Bright Light therapy, Breathing Exercises, Circadian Rhythm Hits, Insomnia, Avoiding Pessimism, Gratitude and Praise.

Session 3: Nutritional Hits and how to Heal Them, Nutritional Causes of Depression, Obesity and Depression, Secrets of Weight Loss, 4 Step Weight Loss Program, Toxic Hits, Taking Control.

Session 4: Anti-Depressant Medications, Chronic Depression, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Tools, The A-B-C of CBT, Cognitive Distortions, Misbelief Breakers, Ways to Analyze Your Thoughts, Applying CBT.

Session 5: Choices & Change, Stages of Change, Addiction Hits, Overcoming Addictions, Characteristics of Addictions, Recommendations, 10 Aids to Healthy Choices, turning Defeat Into Victory.

Session 6: Coping with Stress Naturally, The Pineal Gland, Melatonin Production Recommendations, Good Stress and Stress Control, Reactions to Stress, and Examples in Stress Control.

Session 7: Social hits, How to Overcome Loss, Cognitive Distortions Associated with Unresolved Grief, Stages of Grief, Healthy Grieving, How Grief Differs from Depression.

Session 8: Common Medical Causes of Depression, Front Lobe Information, Nutrition Concerning the Frontal Lobe, Caution of Hypnosis, Music, Definite Frontal Lobe Hits (i.e.going against conscience), Care of the Frontal Lobe.