The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time - Softcover

Korb, Alex; Siegel, Daniel J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 164848686X ISBN 13: 9781648486869

Verlag: New Harbinger, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

There isn’t “one big solution” to ease depression—instead there are several small, simple steps you can take to alter your brain activity and chemistry. This newly revised and updated 10th anniversary edition of The Upward Spiral offers actionable strategies to help you reshape your brain and build the life you want.

Depression can feel like a downward spiral, pulling you into a vortex of sadness, fatigue, and apathy. In The Upward Spiral, neuroscientist Alex Korb demystifies the intricate brain processes that cause depression and offers a practical and effective approach to getting better. Based on the latest research in neuroscience, this book provides dozens of straightforward tips you can do every day to rewire your brain and create an upward spiral towards a happier, healthier life.

If you suffer from depression, this book offers an engaging and informative look at the neuroscience behind our emotions, thoughts, and actions. This updated edition also includes new research on the impact of social media and smart phones on mental health.

Small steps in the right direction can have profound effects?giving you the power to become your best self as you literally reshape your brain, one small change at a time.

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Alex Korb, PhD, is a neuroscientist who has studied the brain and mental health for over twenty years. He earned an undergraduate degree from Brown University and a PhD in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), He is currently adjunct assistant professor at UCLA in the department of psychiatry. Outside of the lab, he is a speaker, leadership consultant, and personal development coach. He has also coached the UCLA Women’s ultimate frisbee team for two decades, and even spent several years doing stand-up comedy.

Foreword writer Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is executive director of the Mindsight Institute and associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. He is author of The Developing Mind, The Mindful Brain, and other books, and founding editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: New Harbinger
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 164848686X
• ISBN 13: 9781648486869
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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