Description
Book SynopsisThe book's compelling narrative demonstrates that, in many cases, it is possible to achieve a stable recovery and return to-or even experience for the first time-a life free of crippling anxiety and depression.
Trade ReviewEngaging and understandable. The Mood Disorders Support Group Columbia University Psychiatrict David J. Hellerstein's fascinating book, Heal Your Brain: How the New Neuropsychiatry Can Help You Go from Better to Well, articulates and helps create a new watershed moment in psychiatric worldview. -- Bradley Lewis Psychotherapy Newsletter
Table of ContentsIntroduction
I. Getting Better
1. Disorder: "Is There Any Hope for Me?"
2. The Evaluation: You Are Not Your Diadnosis
3. The Treatments: Charting a Course for Recovery
4. On the Road: The Dramatic Beginning of Treatment
II. Getting (and Staying) Well
5. A New Vista: Daring to Dream Again
6. Moving Forward: Love, Sex, Relationships, Kids
7. Mapping the Route: From the Low Road to the High Road
8. Returning Home: Staying Well
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
