Welcome to another edition of Common Ground Online. Here's what's in this week's edition:
- "A Promise of Hope" Tour
- Where Can I Buy my Copy of "A Promise of Hope"?
- Dr. Miles Simmons: Nutritional Approach to Bipolar Disorder
Autumn Stringam, author of “A Promise of Hope”, recently traveled Canada from coast to coast with her family sharing the heart-wrenching story of her mother’s suicide, her own bipolar past, and the miraculous nutritional supplement (EMPowerplus) that saved her.
In this edition, our feature video is a recent news clip of the Stringam family on their cross-country tour.
Check out recent news articles on the "A Promise of Hope" tour:
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Read "Hope in the Dark," published on October 14th in the Ottawa
Citizen.
Dr. Charles Popper of Harvard University honors the contribution of Stringam and her family. "(They) have conveyed to us their hope -- hope that new
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Autumn Stringam |
treatments can be found, hope that tragedy can be made temporary, hope that we can work together to make new things happen, and hope that our lives can have impact despite the odds." He calles EMPowerplus, which he uses in his private practice, "a daring new approach to treating mental illness." Click here to read more.
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Read "Unconventional Cure," published on October 17th in the Regina Leader Post.
Autumn comments, "I'm not as interested in promoting a treatment as much as I am in promoting this notion that people can get well and the stigma that keeps people silent or looking for help -- that stigma is a killer." She continues,
"It is possible to lead a perfectly normal life and be productive and if people realize that, it would redefine the illness for people". Click here to read more.
Find more at apromiseofhope.ca:
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In Canada, purchase "A Promise of Hope" at any major book store, Costco, or on Amazon.ca.
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U.S. customers can purchase the book through Truehope by calling toll-free 1-888-878-3467 or online at www.myTruehope.net for only $17.95 CAD.
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Dr. Miles Simmons |
In a letter to the editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Dr. Miles Simmons, a psychiatrist in private practice in Brunswick, Maine reported on his clinical experience with EMPowerplus. Impressed by a striking response in a patient who approached him, and after discussing the issues with several of his treatment-resistant patients he conducted an open trial study with 19 patients from his private practice under careful supervision. His results corroborate Dr. Kaplan’s initial findings. All patients met the DSM-IV criteria for bipolar I or bipolar II and were followed for a average of 13 months. Of the 19, 16 were already taking medications (average = 2.7 psychiatric medications). Dr. Simmons observed that “12 of the 19 patients showed marked clinical improvement, 3 showed moderate improvement, and 1 showed mild improvement” (84%). Thirteen of the 16 medicated patients were able to completely discontinue psychiatric medications over an average of 5.2 weeks (range, 3 to 10 weeks) and maintained stability on EMPowerplus alone.
Simmons M. Nutritional approach to bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2003 Mar;64(3):338; author reply 338-9.
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Yours in health,
The Truehope Staff
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