Depression and Bipolar Disorders: Everything You Need to Know
Author: Virginia Edwards
Depression is a deceptively common illness. At some point in their lives, one out of every five people will struggle with bouts of depression, and nearly twice as many women will be affected as men.
At the outset, depression can seem quite similar to the sadness or low moods that we all feel from time to time. As the illness progresses, however, work life, social life and intimate relationships all suffer. The affected person loses interest in those around him, feels exhausted and hopeless and often considers "giving up."
In Depression and Bipolar Disorders, Dr. Virginia Edwards explores the causes, symptoms and treatment of depressions. Topics include:
normal versus abnormal depression
unipolar depressive disorders
bipolar depressive disorders
biological and psychosocial therapies
depression in women and the elderly
treatment options, including involuntary hospitalization
suicide.
This comprehensive examination of depression also features case studies and an extensive resource list.
Book about: Vegetable Book or Its Raining Plums
Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
Author: Yeshi Donden
The best work on Tibetan medicine ever to appear in English.--Dr. Barry Clark
Publishers Weekly
Donden, the Dalai Lama's personal physician for some 20 years, fled to India during the 1959 Chinese invasion of his homeland and founded the Tibetan Medical Center at Dharmsala. There, and in private practice, he has built a reputation for successfully treating Indians of all ranks with a holistic system of medicine derived from ancient Buddhist principles. Although that system, detailed in these accessible Univ. of Virginia lectures, emphasizes the integrative treatment certain Western physicians are rediscovering, its tenets on the preordained spiritual aspects of disease remain foreign to our culture. Nonetheless, Donden intriguingly fits together parts of the complex puzzle called health. (July)
No comments:
Post a Comment