Author: Daniel Bergner
The Mind and the Moon raises profound questions about how “we understand ourselves and the essential human divide between our brains and our minds,” said a review in Goodreads.com.
This is a book of thought-provoking reframings, delving into the science — and spirit — of our psyches.
It is about vulnerability and personal dignity, the terrifying choices confronted by families and patients, and the prospect of alternatives.
In The Mind and the Moon, Bergner beautifully “explores how to seek a deeper engagement with ourselves and one another — and how to find a better path toward caring for our minds,” said the review.
He reveals how the pharmaceutical industry has perpetuated “our biological view of the mind and our drug-based assumptions about treatment — despite the shocking price paid by many patients and the problematic evidence of drug efficacy,” the review added.
He explores the history of drug development, modes of treatment and the marketing of psycho-pharmaceuticals.
“And he takes us into the pioneering labs of today’s preeminent neuroscientists,” said the review.
