Way Up From Down

Slagle, Pricilla

ISBN 10: 039455194X / ISBN 13: 9780394551944

Published by Random House, 1987

Seller Inventory # 039455194X-3-19285990

Synopsis:

A well-known psychiatrist offers a safe and effective nutritional treatment for low moods and depression and provides a self-rating scale to identify depression through the observation of physical and psychological symptoms

Reviews: Maintaining that depression is biochemically induced, temporary and treatable, Los Angeles psychiatrist Slagle presents a nutritional treatment utilizing amino acids and vitamin-mineral supplements that are available sans prescription in pharmacies and health-food stores. The author, who has a history of "intense depression," readily admits that her alternative approach is controversial but, despite some awkward and repetitious prose, makes a solid case for food-mood connections. Readers are advised to self-test to discover if they are depressed by answering a number of questions, provided here. If they test as severely depressed, Slagle recommends that they seek a psychiatrist; others, she says, can embark on this self-help program alone. But the vagueness of the illness and the self-test questions, and the complicated nature of the treatment program, will deter readers, perhaps rightly so, from attempting this regimen without professional help. 25,000 first printing; major ad/promo; Prevention Book Club selection; author tour.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Way Up From Down
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good