米国生活１４年、自然医療、ナチュロパシー医学を学んで

Vice President of Japan College of Naturopathy & Integrative Manual Medicine
うちの学校の副校長であり、現役バリバリのナチュロパシック　ドクターの書いたものです！！
さー、皆さん翻訳に挑戦してみましょう、、、あくまでもこれはEducational purposes onlyですよ。

Bert Mathieson, ND,RD,CDE

Naturopathic medicine is especially suited for the treatment of modern ills, which usually have multifactorial causes. Naturopathic doctors (ND) strive to treat each patient as an individual and to find the root cause of the disease. In my opinion there is great value in the individualization of medical treatment. True healing can not happen using a “cookie cutter” approach to disease. To give a specific example, depression is often treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). These drugs lengthen the amount of time that serotonin (a chemical that transmits nervous impulses) remains in the spaces (synapses) between neurons in the brain. These drugs help many people get over the symptoms of depression in the short term. However, they often do not correct the underlying imbalance that caused the depression. In addition to the obvious situational stressors that would cause depression in most people, there are a host of neurotransmitters (other than serotonin), hormone imbalances, and nutrient deficiencies that can also be factors in this disease. The naturopathic approach to depression would be to examine these other factors and tailor the treatment plan to the specific patient.

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