Compassionate and wideranging The TimesWe are often told that depression is all in the mind. So why are so many of its symptoms felt in our bodies? Why can depression have such a profound impact on physical as well as mental health from coronary disease to stroke? Philip Gold, a worldrenowned expert on this devastating illness, shows how depression is a stress response gone awry, affecting the whole body, not just the brain.Drawing on both neuroscience and endocrinology, Breaking Through Depression reveals the latest research on how depression influences every aspect of our health, from the chemical messengers that control appetite to the brains structure and functionality. Packed with startling insights, this book transforms our understanding of different forms of depression, including related conditions such as bipolar and seasonal affective disorders, and its huge impact on global health.Timely, urgent and important, Breaking Through Depression articulates the workings of this misunderstood illness in compelling and often surprising detail, introducing the newest innovations in treatment from low energy lasers to genetic solutions and rapidly acting antidepressants which restore damaged brain cells that offer hope for healing.Masterful . . . distils extensive clinical experience, personal insights, and the scientific achievements of a professional lifetime, to offer a lucid analysis of what it will take to understand, treat, and ultimately defeat what is todays...

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: VFJB; Weight: 326 g; Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 19

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