Lifting Depression
A Neuroscientist’s Hands-On Approach to Activating Your Brain’s Healing Power
January 2010
Trade Paperback · 304 Pages
$16.95 U.S. · $21.50 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780465018147
Basic Books
Trade Paperback · 304 Pages
$16.95 U.S. · $21.50 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780465018147
Basic Books
Description
In this fascinating exploration of depression, neuroscientist Kelly Lambert highlights her groundbreaking research suggesting that important clues to the mysteries of this disease have been in our hands all along. She identifies a circuit in the human brain—connecting movement, feeling, and cognition—that is responsible for symptoms of depression. She shows that when we knit a sweater, prepare a meal, or simply repair a lamp, we're actually bathing our brains in feel-good chemicals. Sharing inspiring accounts of change and growth, Lifting Depression offers a compassionate and commonsense way of preventing and treating one of the modern era's most debilitating diseases.
Kelly Lambert is chair of psychology at Randolph-Macon College.
Kelly Lambert is chair of psychology at Randolph-Macon College.
About the Author
Kelly Lambert is chair of psychology at Randolph-Macon College. Her writing has appeared in Nature, Scientific American, Behavioral Neuroscience, and more. Her research has been featured on ABC World News Tonight and in Scientific American Mind. She is president-elect of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. She lives in Mechanicsville, Virginia.