Peter C. Whybrow
Author of A Mood Apart: The Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders
About the Author
Peter C. Whybrow, M.D. is Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California in Los Angeles. He is also the Judson Braun Distinguished Professor and Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School show more of Medicine, and CEO of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA. Born and educated in England, Whybrow is a founding member and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Psychiatrists, and the American Psychiatric Association. Whybrow divides his time between Plainfield, New Hampshire, and Los Angeles, California. show less
Works by Peter C. Whybrow
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- Birthdate
- 1939
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- psychiatrist
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
North Carolina, USA
California, USA
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The author, a psychiatrist, attempts to explain to the lay person the physical causes of depression and mania and the way psychiatric drugs such as Prozac and Lithium work to keep these illnesses under control. He uses real-life examples of depressed and bipolar people to help the reader's understanding.
Considering that much of this book concerned brain chemistry, I thought it was reasonably understandable, and the style of writing mostly managed to avoid the denseness of a textbook. Whybrow show more addresses some of the various forms of talk therapies as well as medications, and he includes some helpful tables in the back of the book of anti-depressant drugs and mood stabilizers and their side effects. This is a good resource for people suffering from depression or bipolar disorder, or any other person who wants to learn about these illnesses. show less
Considering that much of this book concerned brain chemistry, I thought it was reasonably understandable, and the style of writing mostly managed to avoid the denseness of a textbook. Whybrow show more addresses some of the various forms of talk therapies as well as medications, and he includes some helpful tables in the back of the book of anti-depressant drugs and mood stabilizers and their side effects. This is a good resource for people suffering from depression or bipolar disorder, or any other person who wants to learn about these illnesses. show less
Wow. A must-read about the current US mania for more-a psycho-biological, anthropological,historical look at the self-absorbed life-style, from politics to credit card debt.
Does unthinking consumption lead to personal happiness?
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