Gregg Jantz has given us a realistic view of the growing menace of gambling. Gambling may be your struggle or it may be the silent struggle of a friend or family member. Giving this book could be an act of hope.
-Harold Ivan Smith

This book will help you recognize the snare of gambling and head it off at the pass.
-Dr. Lynda Hunter, founding editor of Single-parent Family Magazine, author of

Dr. Jantz brings a well thought-out, reasoned, even-handed, common-sense approach to an addiction that destroys many families.
-Chuck Snyder, author of  Incompatibility: (Still) Grounds for a Great Marriage

BOOK SUMMARIES

| "Moving Beyond Depression" |
| "Hope and Healing From Eating Disorders"  |
| "Turning the Tables on Gambling"  |

Moving Beyond Depression

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"Moving Beyond Depression" is a landmark book on Depression. The simple design is easy to read (even when you are depressed) and at the end of each chapter is easy to apply steps.

HELPING THE WHOLE PERSON HEAL
In the past fifteen years the number of people suffering from depression in America has nearly doubled. Suicide rates continue to rise and more people are slipping into the darkness of despair. How do people start healing?

Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D., suggests that readers get away from the quick-fix mentality of chemical solutions and start recognizing that the whole person, must be healed. Focusing on emotional, environmental, relational, physical, and spiritual causes of depression, Dr. Jantz provides a model for relief that takes into consideration the uniqueness of the suffering person and helps readers to tailor a solution specific to their needs.

Book Chapters (View book chapters)
Introduction: Not Just a Case of the Blues
Chapter 1-Emotional Currents
Chapter 2-Emotional Equilibrium
Chapter 3-The Pressures of Life
Chapter 4-Living Life on Purpose
Chapter 5-Family Dynamics
Chapter 6-Rebuilding Relationships
Chapter 7-Physical Causes of Depression
Chapter 8-Replenishing the Body
Chapter 9-Renewing Your Spiritual Connections
Chapter 10-Integrating the Whole Person

"Moving Beyond Depression"
Forward by Abram Hoffer, Ph.D., M.D., FRCP(C)
Co-founder of Orthomolecular Psychiatry, president of the International Schizophrenia Foundation.

I became a psychotherapist in July 1950 because there was no other kind of treatment available. Psychoactive drugs were just on the horizon and electroconvulsive therapy was reserved more or less for psychotic depressions and schizophrenia. Psychoanalysis was becoming much more popular because it promised something-it promised that patients might be helped if they were analyzed long enough. In 1952 I became an orthomolecular therapist. I began to treat schizophrenic patients with large doses of vitamin B-3 and with Vitamin C. Since then I consider myself a good psychiatrist because I no longer am either a psychotherapist or an orthomolecular therapist; I treat each patient as a unique person who is sick and needs help. This help includes four basic elements-shelter, food, civility, and therapy-with treatment ranging from psychotherapy to pure drug therapy. Every part of a person's life is important. Neglecting one prevents the best response possible even when other issues are addressed.

Books about depression followed the same trend I saw in the psychiatric world. They focused on either one or the other-a form of psychotherapy or a form of drug therapy. The psychotherapist behaved as though the brain was a complex of psychological difficulties that were not related to the body's biochemistry, and the pure organicists behaved as if the patients simply had to be filled with medication with no attention paid to all the other factors. Too many modern psychiatrists belong to this latter group. Their patients are fast in and fast out, with just enough time to ask how you are doing and to write a prescription. I demand of myself that every patient must be treated with dignity, with respect and understanding, and with proper attention to the diet and to orthomolecular therapy. That means using the right nutrients, vitamins and or minerals, and medication when needed (in as low doses as are effective and for as short a time as possible).

With this brief background you will understand why I like this book so much and why I endorse it for anyone who is depressed, for his or her family, and for doctors and other therapists. It contains an excellent description of the way Dr Jantz interacts with his patients. He is sensitive to their needs, provides structure in the treatment, and treats them with dignity, respect, and for as long as is necessary to achieve recovery. He knows that physical diseases can be at the root of depression and these must be identified and treated. He knows that food allergies and sensitivities can and very often will cause chronic depression. (I have seen a patient suffering from twenty years of depression recover in a few days when the food to which she was reacting was eliminated.) He knows that nutrients, vitamins and minerals, and essential fatty acids will be very important for many. And he understands that for many patients, correcting the most modifiable cause of depression is important and it may well be that biochemical pathology is that cause. If psychological problems are the most important cause then more attention will be given to them.

It is this combination of therapies that considers the entire person that makes this book so unique and valuable. Dr. Jantz calls his approach integrating the "whole person." If only this were accepted by all our medical schools and universities! I hope that every therapist, no matter their basic training, will employ the theory and methods described in this book. I heartily agree with Dr. Jantz's approach and believe this book will help many people recover from depression.

	Listen to Dr. Jantz speak about "Moving Beyond Depression" on WPEO Christian Radio, Bloomington, IL
	First Segment-12 Minutes
	Second Segment-15 Minutes

Hope, Help and Healing for Eating Disorders
Revised and Expanded Edition

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"Hope, Help & Healing for Eating Disorders"
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11 minutes

New Trend Reveals why 50% of All American Women ages 30-50  Get Fat and Fatter

"A new epidemic has gripped American women, and it’s the reason why dieting will never work," says Counselor Dr. Gregg Jantz who has been working with eating disorders for 18 years. "Impulse eating is really the culprit and this is a trend we’ve discovered many women secretly suffer from." In the new, Revised and Updated "Hope, Help and Healing for Eating Disorders" book, he shatters the dieting illusion and exposes this disorder that most women fail to recognize as a health problem.

Dr. Jantz, an accomplished author of ten books and national speaker, has treated over 6,000 women at his clinic, (888-771-5166) He has seen many people actually able to overcome this disorder through the whole-person approach.

"Women are so alone today," says Dr Jantz. "Isolation coming from today’s fast-paced lifestyle contributes to these problems. Women try to eat away their loneliness, frustrations, anger, and fears. They’ll diet but never be successful for long. Women think the problem is food, but food is NOT the problem at all," he noted. "The only workable solution is treating the whole-person – body and mind – or you’re doomed to fail," he stated.

Dr. Jantz’s specialty is in treating the whole-person with thousands of long-term successes. "There is no diet, and no diet pill, that will work long-term. A person must realize the nature of this problem and know real help is available."

Symptoms of impulse eating include:

• Intense cravings
  
• Continual grazing
  
• Sugar addiction
• Hiding food
  
• Blindly eating (not realizing how much or what is eaten)

The first step is to acknowledge that there is a problem, advises Dr. Jantz. "Many women eat all day long but deny that they are even eating. Typically they say, and honestly believe, that they hardly eat anything. But scales and waistbands don’t lie."

A person needs to examine what is the true motivation behind their eating and then begin a self care program to help correct the problem. Others may need to seek a counseling setting such as the type offered by Dr. Jantz’s counseling center where clients have labeled The Center as "A Place of Hope".

"Turning the Tables on Gambling"

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This book tackles the difficult questions of why Christians are lured to gambling and how to combat this destructive addiction. Drawing from true stories, Jantz reveals the truth about the dangers of gambling and how to understand what the gambler is actually searching for. He identifies ways our culture supports the gambling lifestyle, what the Bible has to say about gambling, healthy ways to view and manage money, and making lifestyle choices that will lead to freedom.

In "Turning the Tables on Gambling", you'll explore the answers to questions such as:

• What is my risk of becoming addicted to gambling?
• Is playing the lottery or making a casual wager harmless?
• At what point does gambling become destructive?
• If gambling is a problem for me or someone I know, what can I do?

Includes Gambling Questionnaire and
Potential Gambling Problem Survey.

"Turning the Tables on Gambling" Press Release

Gambling Addictions Continue To Rise
Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Targets Teens; Poor and Senior Citizens

Edmonds, Washington - From young teens to senior citizens, gambling is taking a toll on Americans - and it is not just about money. Gambling is no longer confined to places like Las Vegas or Atlantic City. It is everywhere-the Internet, state lotteries, race tracks, sporting events and slot machine in convenience stores.

The gambling industry has grown tenfold in the past twenty-five years. Internet gambling alone accounts for two billion in annual revenues and this figure doesn’t even account for the countless number of people addicted to day trading. With state run lotteries now operating in 37 states and the District of Columbia, Scores of People - mostly from low income households -are hooked. According to therapist Dr. Gregory Jantz, "one of the strongest voices in our society-government-is using its power to promote gambling as a way to increase revenue."

The author of "Turning the Tables on Gambling" (Shaw/Waterbrook), Jantz believes the so-called harmless purchase of lottery tickets can be a source of potential trouble. The revenue that is generated through the sale of lottery tickets does not add funds to the education budgets of most states. Instead, states simply divert funds to other parts of their budget. But Jantz is particularly concerned about the way the gambling industry is targeting young people. "We now live in a culture encouraging an activity that destroys a percentage of the lives it touches." says Jantz. "Young people experience problems, or at-risk gambling behaviors at twice the rate of adults."

Gambling has become a high profile and socially acceptable activity in the United States. As TV shows like; "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" vie for viewer time; the desire for excitement or to get rich quick can become overwhelming. Conservative estimates show more than 15 million people display some signs of gambling addiction. If current trends continue, this number will continue to rise -destroying marriages, forcing bankruptcies, and jeopardizing employment. Problem gamblers have higher rates of suicide, divorce and criminal activity than non gamblers. And for young people, the increase in lottery play is correlated with increased participation in the use of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana.

Dr. Jantz offers specific advice - and encouragement for those caught in the vicious cycle of gambling. He recommends an accountability group, avoidance of tempting environments, giving up control of one’s finances for a season, and recognizing gambling as tantamount to idolatry. Perhaps most important, Jantz uncovers the underlying reasons people in our culture get caught up in gambling-offering a way of escape for young and old alike.
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Gambling Fact Sheet

"What is unique about the current gambling situation is the speed at which it has gone from an undercurrent in American society to high-profile, socially recognized activity."