Peter C. Whybrow

In A Mood Apart, Dr. Peter Whybrow examines mood disorder as "an affliction of the self, " exploring the human experience of manic-depressive illness, rediscovering the human being within the diagnosis. Our culture stigmatizes and romanticizes mental illness confusing it with questions of willpower, personal weakness, or creative impetuosity. Dr. Whybrow teaches us that we live our lives by systems of regulation and control - a process he calls "emotional...