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The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health

The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health

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  • Create Date：2024-01-31 03:22:03
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Camilla Nord
  • ISBN：0691259631
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Reviews

Matej Buco ，

Balanced Brain offers a complex overview of the brain and mental health underpinned by academic research。 It is interestingly written and reads easily。 The author does not offer a simple solution to a complicated problem but provides exhaustive range of science-based answers。 I particularly liked the explanation of brain as a mediator of what’s happening to us as well as interconnection between the mental and the physical。

Tutankhamun18 ，

In this fantastic book Camilla Nord looks at mental health through the lens of perception about internal and external stimuli。 She looks at pleasure， pain and the impact of stress on its perception。 She examines how internal stimulus from the body such as your digestion impact your mental health。 This means that mental health can vary from person to person， which she also highlights by saying that there are many symptoms of major depression and the chance that two people with depression have the In this fantastic book Camilla Nord looks at mental health through the lens of perception about internal and external stimuli。 She looks at pleasure， pain and the impact of stress on its perception。 She examines how internal stimulus from the body such as your digestion impact your mental health。 This means that mental health can vary from person to person， which she also highlights by saying that there are many symptoms of major depression and the chance that two people with depression have the same symptoms is unlikely。 “You can think of smoking as a distal， far-away cause， and biological changes in the lungs， throat， trachea， etc。， as proximal causes。 In the case of mental health conditions， social factors are often distal causes （trauma， long-term stress， economic insecurity） but they affect mental health via biological changes in the brain （and body） - the proximal cause。 The final common pathway for mental ill-health is the nervous system。” 。。。more