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Publishers Weekly12/16/2013 Although clinical depression dominates contemporary culture's discussion of mental illness, it is often treated as a chemical defect or a state that individuals can overcome through attitude changes. Drawing on epidemiological evidence and his own experimental research, psychologist Rottenberg urges that we understand depression through the science of mood, or "affective science." In this stimulating book that synthesizes research and memoirRottenberg himself battled depressionhe observes that mood science provides insights into why humans experience low moodthe defining feature of depressionand allows us to explore its causative forces. He calls attention to the many triggers of low moodgroup separation, stress, death of loved onesarguing that humans share a mood system with other mammals that alerts us to the ways social loss can jeopardize our survival; thus, a low mood forces a reassessment of the best course of action in a given situation.



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