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

Whybrow, Peter C

ISBN 10: 033034367X / ISBN 13: 9780330343671

Published by Picador, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Mood Apart: Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033034367X
• ISBN 13: 9780330343671
• Binding: New Edition
• Condition: vg++
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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.