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Colette Dowling You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way?: New Help for Depression, Anxiety, and Addiction
Bantam 1993 055337169X / 9780553371697 Paperback Very Good
055337169X 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches From Publishers Weekly Dowling ( The Cinderella Complex) here challenges the popular belief that depression, panic disorder, addictions and a host of other psychiatric problems result from events in childhood psychologi cal influences or moral weakness. Witness to both her daughter's and husband's severe depression, the author became convinced that biochemical--not psychological--difficulties were the cause. She presents the latest research in brain chemistry and argues that a lack of serotonin--a natural "feel-good" chemical--is responsible for an array of mental and mood disorders. Alcoholics, for example, are attempting to replace the missing chemical and may be better helped through drug therapy than by 12-step and other nonmedical treatment programs. Similarly, people who suffer from chronic depression or anxiety attacks may be cured by taking antidepressives. Although well-written and carefully researched, the book oversimplifies a serious issue and, in effect, claims that all problems can be eradicated by taking a "magic" pill, while dismissing the role of traditional psychotherapy. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Serotonin is a brain hormone, one of several neurotransmitters that influence the way we feel and the way we think. In this book, Dowling, author of The Cinderella Complex ( LJ 6/15/81) and Perfect Women ( LJ 10/1/88), reports on the work of biopsychiatrists who are exploring the relationships between various disorders, including bulimia and compulsive gambling, and an underlying link to low levels of serotonin, for which there may be a genetic tendency. Dowling offers understanding and encouragement to those who have tried medication without results. She does not reject psychotherapy. She discusses the pros and cons of medical intervention and offers case histories, including personal experience. Recommended for self-help collections. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates; previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/91.--Ed. - Marlene Charnizon, C.S.W, formerly with "Library Journal" Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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