Depression has often been studied, but this multifaceted disease remains far from understood. Here, leading researchers present a major new view of the disorder that synthesizes multiple lines of scientific evidence from neurobiology, mindfulness, and genetics. A comprehensive mind-body approach to understanding, evaluating, and treating this disease.
Depression has often been studied, but this multifaceted disease remains far from understood. Here, leading researchers present a major new view of the disorder that synthesizes multiple lines of scientific evidence from neurobiology, mindfulness, and genetics. A comprehensive mind-body approach to understanding, evaluating, and treating this disease.
Vladimir Maletic, MD, is clinical professor of neuropsychiatry and behavioral science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and lives in Greer, South Carolina. Charles Raison, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and family & consumer sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Written at a somewhat post-modern moment in the history of psychiatry in which our nomenclature seems increasingly removed from therapeutics and the machinery of antidepressant drug discovery has nearly ground to a halt, The New Mind-Body Science of Depression provides a visionary synthesis of several decades of research on the depressive disorders. At over 600 pages, this is not a quick read, but it is chock full of the latest research on genetics, brain biology, neuroimmunology, and pharmacology, colored by the authors' insights gleaned from evolutionary biology. The book ends with three interesting case studies that illustrate how their synthesis can help us make a better difference in patients' lives. Maletic and Raison, widely known as master educators from their captivating talks at the US Psychiatric Congresss, show that they can write as well as they teach. You won't think about depression the same way again after reading this captivating volume!--Michael E. Thase, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia
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