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Alternative Treatment offers a comfortable safe environment and we utilize rehabilitation programs that combine traditional medicine with spiritual healing and a healthy holistic approach to living. Located in Clearwater Florida the clinic receives patients from throughout the USA, Canada and Europe. Emotional disorders and chemical addictions can be devastating and Alternative Treatment International has the therapists and medical staff that can help patients turn around their lives with a proven program that provides a path to recovery and a new beginning to a healthy lifestyle. Alternative Treatment International specializes in identifying the underlying symptoms that often accompany addictions. Depression can often be associated with substance abuse by example. Symptoms of depression are extremely common in society today. It has been stated that 10% of the population suffers from depression at one time or another. There is much controversy still about the causes of depression, with many leaning toward a chemical imbalance in the brain as a cause. This may or may not be true (perception). If one is taught to perceive oneself as having a chemical imbalance then their thinking would naturally lean towards taking a chemical to restore the diagnosed imbalance. The behavior would be to seek out anti-depressant medications to relieve the symptoms. For some, a symptomatic relief through medications would be indicated in order to allow the individual to explore the causes of the depressive feelings in a clinical setting. Many types of depression are situational and transient, meaning that the symptoms such as hopelessness, helplessness and worthlessness have been produced by a particular life situation, and transient in that with intervention, these symptoms may lift and a return to normalcy may be experienced without medication. Of the myriad of symptoms that are experienced by depressed individuals, the one thing that they all share in common is the sense of "loss of hope". In the human condition, the concept of hope is probably the most important. Without hope (a spiritual concept), the depressive symptoms continue and may worsen. The treatment of depression must include a restoration of the concept of hope for the individual, for the depressive symptoms to lift and for that person to find the sense of hope and peace that they seek. Is it possible that depression can be treated successfully without medications?