The Way Up from Down: A Safe New Program that Relieves Low Moods and Depression with Amino Acids and Vitamin Supplements.

Priscilla Slagle, M.D.

ISBN 10: 0312911068 / ISBN 13: 9780312911065

Published by St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1992

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Very Good+ in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear near the lower corner of the front panel; one page in the Bibliography at the end of the book has been dog-eared and another in the text is rumpled (but whole and not torn); else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and a couple of other flaws. Bright and clean. No far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.75 x 5.25 x 0.95 inches). xiii, 306 pages. Language: English. Weight: 6.4 ounces. Second Edition (1992), Revised & Updated. Fourth Printing thus. The first edition was published in 1987. Mass Market Paperback. Second Edition (1992), Revised & Updated. Fourth Printing thus. The first edition was published in 1987.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Way Up from Down: A Safe New Program that Relieves Low Moods and Depression with Amino Acids and Vitamin Supplements.
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312911068
• ISBN 13: 9780312911065
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
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Synopsis

This easy-to-follow program of vitamins and amino acids requires no drugs or therapy and will increase stamina and improve moods--forever. Learn how the right vitamins and foods can boost mental health, how to determine mood level, how improved mental habits can end depression, and more. Includes new update on stress prevention and the tryptophan controversy.

From Publishers Weekly

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.
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