Book Review: Well(th) How I learned to build a life not a resume

Well(th): How I learned to build a life, not a resume by Jason Wachob, is a quick, easy read yet full of thought-provoking ideas regarding what is important in life. Wachob explores 13 areas of life that all contribute to our overall health - mind, body and soul. Nutrition, physical activity, what we believe in, work for, live for and are grateful for (or not) all are important  in terms of overall health and happiness. These are by no means the only topics of interest. 

Sadly, too many people today focus on their job or what they drive or where they live, how much money they make, if they are thin, as measures of happiness. As the founder of mindbodygreen.com, Wachob dispels these notions and provides arguments for why happiness will not be found in the pursuit of these material pursuits. This is a great read for someone who is just beginning to explore the idea of mind, body and soul health and looking for a more balanced life. 

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Group Releases New Clinical Practice Guideline On The Treatment Of Depression

Medscape (2/9, Frellick) reports that the American College of Physicians has released a new clinical guideline on the treatment of depression. The guideline, published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, points out that “cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is as effective for treating depression as antidepressants, and given its relative lack of potential harms, should be strongly considered as the first-line treatment.” The guideline is “in line with American Psychiatric Association guidelines on major depressive disorder from 2010, which also showed that CBT and” second-generation antidepressants “are similarly effective, said Laura Fochtmann, MD, MBI, professor of psychiatry, pharmacological sciences, and biomedical informatics at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York.”

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