A Mood Apart: The Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders

Peter C. Whybrow

ISBN 10: 006097740X / ISBN 13: 9780060977405

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks, 1998

About this Item

[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: YES ] [ Edition: first ] first page detached but still with book. All other pages good Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Pub Date: 3/1/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 384 first edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Mood Apart: The Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006097740X
• ISBN 13: 9780060977405
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

"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

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.