Depression

Making Sense of Mania and Depression

We all feel moments of gloom or exhilaration on occasion. But few of us truly understand how far off-key the melodies of mood can drift. Here, a leading psychiatrist eloquently recounts two real-life tales of mania and depression--and shows how these disorders are indeed moods apart from our everyday experience.

By Peter C. Whybrow, published on May 01, 1997 - last reviewed on October 02, 2009

From A Mood Apart by Peter C. Whybrow, M.D. Copyright 1997 by Peter C. Whybrow. Reprinted by permission of BasicBooks, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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