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Peter D. Kramer
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Peter D. Kramer
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Depression, linked in our culture to a long tradition of "heroic melancholy", is often understood as ennobling, a source of soulfulness and creativity. Tracing this belief from Aristotle to the Romantics to Picasso, and to present-day memoirs of mood disorder, Kramer suggests that the pervasiveness of the illness has distorted our sense of what it is to be human. There is nothing heroic about depression, Kramer argues, and he presents the latest scientific findings to support the fact that depression is a disease, one that can have far-reaching health effects on its sufferers.
Frank and unflinching, Against Depression is a deeply felt, deeply moving book, grounded in time spent with the depressed. As his argument unfolds, Kramer becomes a crusader, the author of a compassionate polemic that is fiercely against depression and the devastation it causes. Like Listening to Prozac, Against Depression will offer hope to millions who suffer from depression, and radically alter the debate on its treatment.
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Reseñas de la Crítica
"An eloquent, absorbing book." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Deeply felt... [Kramer's] book is a polemic against a society that accepts depression as a fact of life." (O, The Oprah Magazine)
"Kramer makes an eloquent case for considering depression a disease... Captivating, convincing and thorough." (San Francisco Chronicle)
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In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults and children are added to the government disability rolls because they have become newly disabled by mental illness, with this epidemic spreading most rapidly among our nations children. What is going on?
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The author does not use a fair scientific approach
- De Michael en 08-15-10
De: Robert Whitaker
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Emotional Intelligence
- De: Daniel Goleman
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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It is the tenth anniversary since the first publication of Daniel Goleman's groundbreaking bestseller, Emotional Intelligence, which maps the territory where IQ meets EQ, where we apply what we know to how we live. Spending over a year on the New York Times bestseller list, Emotional Intelligence provided the evidence for what many successful people already knew: being smart isn't just a matter of mastering facts; it's a matter of mastering your own emotions and understanding the emotions of the people around you.
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Good info, hard to listen sometimes
- De Stephanie en 04-16-03
De: Daniel Goleman
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The Book of Woe
- The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
- De: Gary Greenberg
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 14 h
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For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM) - the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) compendium of mental illnesses and what Greenberg calls "the book of woe". Since its debut in 1952, the book has been frequently revised, and with each revision, the "official" view on which psychological problems constitute mental illness has changed.
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Disappointment
- De NYNM en 06-03-13
De: Gary Greenberg
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Unbroken Brain
- A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction
- De: Maia Szalavitz
- Narrado por: Marisa Vitali
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the notion of a simple "addictive personality", Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addiction is a learning disorder, and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention, and policy.
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Not what I expected
- De Jennifer Sader en 08-28-16
De: Maia Szalavitz
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Desperate Remedies
- Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
- De: Andrew Scull
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
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For more than two hundred years, disturbances of the mind—the sorts of things that were once called "madness"—have been studied and treated by the medical profession. Mental illness, some insist, is a disease like any other, whose origins can be identified and from which one can be cured. But is this true? In this masterful account of America's quest to understand and treat everything from anxiety to psychosis, one of the most provocative thinkers writing about psychiatry today sheds light on its tumultuous past.
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A Great History but I Have One Big Reservation
- De Jeffrey Scot Minch en 08-02-22
De: Andrew Scull
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The Psychopath Inside
- A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
- De: James Fallon
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
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The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discovery, James Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either his family’s scans had been mixed up with those of felons or someone in his family was a psychopath.
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Entertaining story with some quick neuroscience
- De smarmer en 09-21-14
De: James Fallon
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Doing Harm
- De: Maya Dusenbery
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with experts within and outside the medical establishment, and personal stories from women across the country to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today.
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One of the most important books ever written
- De Dresden en 03-18-18
De: Maya Dusenbery
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A General Theory of Love
- De: Richard Lannon MD, Thomas Lewis MD, Fari Amini MD
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.
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Great subject matter-hard to listen to
- De Laurel en 07-22-19
De: Richard Lannon MD, y otros
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The Pain Chronicles
- Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
- De: Melanie Thernstrom
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces pathological changes to the brain and spinal cord, many doctors and patients still labor under misguided cultural notions and outdated scientific dogmas.
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Informative, well researched and nicely written
- De Nathan O'Hara en 08-21-10
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Counterclockwise
- Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
- De: Ellen J. Langer
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than 30 years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what's possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what's not, can lead to better health at any age.
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Surprisingly disappointing
- De Stephen en 06-23-09
De: Ellen J. Langer
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Transcendence
- Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation
- De: Norman E. Rosenthal
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a 20-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Science of Being and Art of Living - and one of our generation's most significant books on achieving greater physical and mental health and wellness.
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Inspirational yet "Informercional"
- De James en 05-24-13
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The Longevity Project
- Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
- De: Howard S. Friedman, Leslie R. Martin
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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For years we have been told to make lists and obsessively monitor when we’re angry, what we eat, how much we worry, and how often we go to the gym. So why isn’t everyone healthy? Now based on the most extensive study of long life ever conducted The Longevity Project reveals what really matters across the long run—the personality traits, relationships, experiences, and career paths that naturally keep you vital.
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Good info to know about
- De Thomas en 11-10-11
De: Howard S. Friedman, y otros
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- T. Larson
- 04-28-07
Technical and Repetitive
I found many of the authors points to be interesting and found his descriptions to be very relevant to my own experiences with depression as a sufferer and watching my family experience it. He is very passionate about his views on depression which evoked some interesting discussions between me and my spouse.
Unfortunately he repeats his views innumerable times! Over and over beating the same ideas into the ground! He argues and re-argues points! By the final section of the book where he describes the history of melancholy in literature I was simply impatient for the book to be over. I also got very tired of his mentioning all the other books he has written.
He uses a variety of technical language, which, as a medical student, I feel pretty comfortable with. However, I am not sure that arguments about hippocampal size and neurotransmitters will appeal to everyone. I have also had a number of lectures on pharmacology that make it clear to me that he over-dramatizes the importance of many effects and under-appreciates others. For example, he talks about the drug interferon alfa as being difficult for patients to stay on- the number one reason being depression. The PharmD teaching my lecture only mentioned that side effect in passing.
Overall, it was an interesting book, but I don't see myself listening to it again anytime soon and I advise caution to listeners who are bored by mentions of medical studies or uncomfortable with medical rationale.
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- Kathy
- 08-25-05
If you do know medical terminology
I found this book incredibly interesting and informative. The author both gives examples and describes the concepts and research behind depression. His premise that depression is seen differently from other physical illnesses and even mental illnesses, likely because of "charm", is really fresh and interesting. However, you come away with the idea that if your amygdala is shrunken, you are sunk. One of the best reads I've had thus far.
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- Liane Varnes
- 03-21-17
Helped me to understand
This book helps to destigmatize the feelings of guilt and responsibility from having clinical depression and more importantly from seeking treatment.
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- JODY DEBONILLA
- 01-31-12
Helpful, direct and clear
Would you consider the audio edition of Against Depression to be better than the print version?
I wouldn't be able to judge. I was very happy with the audio edition. I have not seen the print one, although I have read another book, Listening to Prozac, in print form by the author. These are two separate genres and I do not like to compare them.
What did you like best about this story?
It wasn't a story, as it is a non-fiction book about depression.
Have you listened to any of Peter D. Kramer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
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Any additional comments?
This review is not applicable for a non-fiction book. I think you should review how you ask questions for a non-fiction listen.
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- Jeffrey
- 05-24-05
Need to be fluent in medical terminology
Not only do you have to be fluent in medical terminology, but you also want to be interested in hearing detailed reports filled with medical terminology about every part of the brain, and then some. If you're not interested, listening can get you depressed. And I'm against that.
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