Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain

Name: Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group
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By Elio Frattaroli

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We would all like a quick fix for our problems, a simple pill to take away our anxiety and lift us out of our depression. But there is no quick fix for the soul, and anxiety and depression may be signals of the soul's unmet needs. In this landmark work, Dr. Elio Frattaroli challenges our fixation on psychiatry's "Medical Model," which treats mental illness solely with drugs instead of seeking a deeper understanding of our problems-in other words, treating symptoms rather than people. Combining a Renaissance humanism with a sophisticated understanding of modern science, he makes an impassioned, persuasive case for "listening to the soul"-paying attention to the inner life of the emotions, both in psychotherapy and in our everyday lives. Drawing upon philosophy, literature, psychology, and riveting case histories from his own life and practice, Frattaroli explores what has happened to a culture that has been "listening to Prozac" and hearing nothing else.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 466
Release Date:: 1999-05-27
Publication Date:: 2002-08-27
Publisher:: Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0140254897
ISBN13:: 9780140254891
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 646 g
Height:: 14 cm
Width:: 21.4 cm
Thickness:: 2.7 cm

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