Le miroir de Janus

by Various

Caractérisée par la persistance d'un état mélancolique, la dépression peut aussi alterner avec des phases d'exaltation, signature de la maniaco-dépression. En proposant une approche commune de ces maladies de l'humeur qui touchent en France plus de quatre millions de personnes par an, le Dr Tawil démontre qu'elles ne sont pas une fatalité.Dans cet ouvrage documenté et accessible au grand public :- il fait le point sans a priori sur les différents traitements efficaces ;- il décrypte les protocoles à l'usage des malades et de leurs proches, eux aussi impliqués ;- il explique par quels moyens, quelle écoute, quel regard s'apprivoise et se combat au jour le jour ce " trouble de l'esprit " si déstabilisant ;- il dédramatise la dépression en la faisant sortir du ghetto de la honte et du non-dit.Guide efficace, clair et précis, Le miroir de Janus donne aux patients et à leur famille toutes les clés pour quitter l'enfer de la dépression et de la maniaco-dépression.

379 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2004

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Reviews

[Basel · Rating 4 out of 5]

To suffer from a mood disorder won't only affect you, but also everyone around you. You try to use your brain in order to defeat it, yet your brain itself is what's waging war against you. In his book The Mirror of Janus: Understanding and Treating Depression and Manic-Depression, Sami-Paul Tawil presents us with the genesis of depression and bipolar disorder, how they evolved throughout history, how they are treated, stories of patients and families, and different ways of handling them, for the patient and the close ones.

This is a really good and accessible book. It offers a good global view of the illness, not only with its biological origins, but also the psychological and social ones. A mental illness is a learning process, and one can never stop learning how to defeat it. So, naturally, I recommend this book.