Synopses & Reviews
"A compassionate exploration of depression and manic-depression."
-- Forecast
"The most thorough and wide-ranging discussion for lay readers about the interplay of the physical and emotional elements of depression and manic-depression... His presentation is illuminating, and the case histories demonstrate his sensitivity and skill as a clinician.... Whybrow's presentation offers a deeper understanding of, along with a humane and wise approach to these very troubling illnesses."
-- Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
From one of the country's most distinguished psychiatrists and an internationally renowned authority in the field comes a compassionate and important exploration of depression and manic depression-the crippling mood disorders that affect 35 percent of today's population.aA Mood Apart: - explains how science has come to understand those unusual mood states that lie just beyond behaviors that we all associate with being alive and well.- asserts mood disorders are afflictions of the self-disorders that signal something is fundamentally wrong with our internal mechanisms of regulation and control-and are not a problem of will power or a sign of personal weakness. Mood disorders are a physical ailment and should be treated with the same kind of sympathy and care a medical doctor treats other physiological disorders.- examines the demographics of mood disorders over the past few decades, which show a fascinating correlation with upper-class creative professionals.- offers case studies of men and women grappling with mood disorders.- addresses such critical and common questions as: If moods are normal, how then do we understand mood disorder? How do we know when moodiness has crossed over into being a disorder? Is treatment always necessary? Does therapy work or only medication?
Synopsis
"A compassionate exploration of depression and manic-depression."
-- "Forecast"
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-340) and indexes.
About the Author
Peter Whybrow, M.D., is chairman of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Vice Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association. In 1996, he was awarded the Gerald L. Klerman Lifetime Research Award by the NDMDA. Dr. Whybrow has lectured extensively throughout Europe and the United States. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.