AGAINST DEPRESSION

Known for his bestseller, LISTENING TO PROZAC, the psychiatrist says depression distorts many aspects of being human--from tastes and appetites to the angst that drives people into punishing life patterns. He argues that medication can restore quality of life and improve the unhappiness and acting out that untreated mood disorders cause. This stimulating mental health lesson is both intimate and erudite, balanced and forceful with its assertions. With palpable compassion and immense insight the author straddles the divide between the personal experience of depression and its place in the spectrum of biological disorders. For listeners with all levels of knowledge about depressive disorders. T.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/NOV 05]