Connections: A Story of Human Feeling
Author: Deisseroth, Karl
ISBN: 9780241985816
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 16mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A world-renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist takes us on a riveting journey into the origins of human emotion, examining what mental illnesses can reveal about us all.
Mental illness is one of the greatest causes of human suffering, its nature and origin a long-held mystery. But thanks to new science and technology, our understanding has reached a tipping point. In Connections, Professor Karl Deisseroth intertwines his own breakthrough discoveries with moving case studies from his experience as an emergency psychiatry physician, in order to tell a wider story about the origins of human emotion.
Addressing some of the most timeless questions about the human condition while illuminating the roots of misunderstood disorders such as depression, psychosis, schizophrenia and sociopathy, Connections transforms the way we understand the brain, and forges a bold new path forward in our understanding of mental health.
ISBN: 9780241985816
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 16mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A world-renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist takes us on a riveting journey into the origins of human emotion, examining what mental illnesses can reveal about us all.
Mental illness is one of the greatest causes of human suffering, its nature and origin a long-held mystery. But thanks to new science and technology, our understanding has reached a tipping point. In Connections, Professor Karl Deisseroth intertwines his own breakthrough discoveries with moving case studies from his experience as an emergency psychiatry physician, in order to tell a wider story about the origins of human emotion.
Addressing some of the most timeless questions about the human condition while illuminating the roots of misunderstood disorders such as depression, psychosis, schizophrenia and sociopathy, Connections transforms the way we understand the brain, and forges a bold new path forward in our understanding of mental health.
