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May 1997
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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.
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ADD is not what you think it is. In a modern world, our lives are full of distractions—with all distractions removed, true cases of ADD still suffer while the rest of us thrive.
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A leading psychiatrist contends that many of the problems we've always blamed on character flaws may be due to mild versions of full-blown mental disorders.
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Deception is rampant—and sometimes we tell the biggest lies to those we love most.
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Dispatches of despair
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A conversation with John Ratey
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Soul in the raw
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Depression: The herbal alternative
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Twenty-first century nutrition
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When Less is More
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The power of positive thinking
by Jessica Rothchild
Pumping up your attitude
by David E. Shapiro
Robert Coles: From Tykes to Tolstoy
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Psychology, today
by Owen Lipstein
When planets collide
by PT Staff
Surfing the Net, Stuffing Your Face
by PT Staff
Caveman diet
by PT Staff
The roaming empire
by Marian M. Jones
Confirmed: The closing time effect
by PT Staff
It's quitting time
by PT Staff
When hearing is believing
by Jill Neimark
What do you really mean, Newt?
by PT Staff
Opening the black box
by Jill Neimark
Myth of the month
by PT Staff
Managers With Nothing to Lose
by PT Staff
When does melatonin work?
by PT Staff
Gaining a foothold
by Rona Berg
Don't gamble when your're anxious
by Dinha Kaplan
Making Sense of Mania and Depression
Two personal tales of the fight against mental illness.
by Peter C. Whybrow
Out of the Shadows
A leading psychiatrist contends that many of the problems we've always blamed on character flaws may be due to mild versions of full-blown mental disorders.
by John Ratey,Catherine Johnson
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