The Dana Guide to Brain Health

The only complete, authoritative, family-friendly guide to the brain's development, health, and disorders, The Dana Guide to Brain Health offers not only ready reference to our latest understanding of brain diseases but also information to help you participate in your family's care. Here is your essential brain information along with practical, health-preserving advice. Use it to help you understand exciting new science on the following topics and many more: How the Brain Works, Early Brain Development, The Adolescent Brain, The Brain in Adult Life and Normal Aging, Disorders and Diseases, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, Anxiety and Panic Disorders, Attention and Motivation, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Brain Trauma, Brain Tumors, Cerebral Palsy, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Pain, Dementia, Depression, Dyslexia, Learning and Memory, Migraines, Multiple Sclerosis, Nutritional Disorders, Parkinson's disease, Sleep Disorders, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Temperament.

Floyd E. Bloom is the former chairman of the Department of Neuropharmacology at the Scripps Research Institute in California, a past chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the former editor-in-chief of Science. M. Flint Beal is neurologist-in-chief of the New York Presbyterian Hospital and chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. David J. Kupfer is the Thomas Detre Professor and chairman of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.