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A FINANCIAL TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Fascinating . . . a refreshing counterblast to many popular ideas about wellbeing' Prospect
Excellent . . . anyone reading it will come away with a kinder, better understanding of themselves' Lucy Foulkes
There are many routes to mental wellbeing and award-winning neuroscientist Camilla Nord is at the forefront of finding them. In this ground-breaking book, she offers a revelatory tour of the scientific and technological developments that are revolutionizing the way we think about mental health, showing why and how events - and treatments - can affect people in such different ways.
In The Balanced Brain, Nord reframes mental health as an intricate, self-regulating process, one which is different for all of us. She examines a huge diversity of treatments, from therapy and medication to recreational drugs and electrical brain stimulation, to show how they work, a
