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Encourages readers to make small daily changes that will promote wellness, overall health, and happiness.

In Depression and Anxiety in Later Life, psychiatrists show how depression and anxiety can be avoided or minimized by adapting to changing circumstances while controlling risk factors and getting help when it's needed.

"Brain Energy explains this new understanding of mental illness in detail, from symptoms and risk factors to what is happening in brain cells. Palmer also sheds light on the new treatment pathways this theory opens up-which apply to all mental disorders,including anxiety, depression, ADHD, alcoholism, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, autism, and even schizophrenia"-- "This is the book that will forever change the way we understand and treat mental...

"The human brain can actually grow--and a bigger brain means better memory, creativity, speed of learning, and ability to concentrate. In Boost Your Brain, Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D., guides you through the innovative brain fitness program that he has developed for his patients at the NeurExpand Brain Center, an institute dedicated to helping people quickly sharpen their brain performance. You start the program with an assessment of your current brain...

"We all have those moments, the ones where we are set adrift by a life-changing event. Yet we often lack the ability to parse these moments, understand how to respond, and move beyond them. Travis Mills, a veteran and a quadruple amputee, was confronted with this in the wake of the incident that claimed his limbs and changed the trajectory of his life forever. In Bounce Back, Travis reveals the path that helped him through tough times—and...

Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decades before you have any symptoms. Learn the actions you can take to help not just prevent memory loss later in life . . . but to begin restoring the memory you may have already lost. Expert physician Dr. Amen reveals how a multipronged strategyincluding dietary changes, physical and mental exercises, and spiritual practicescan improve your brain health, enhance your...

A guide to improving overall health and outlook shares neuroscientific facts about the relationship between the brain and exercise, outlining practical steps for engaging the mind, improving memory, and increasing learning capacity. Suzuki interweaves her personal story with groundbreaking research in the neurosciences, and offers practical, short exercises--4 minute Brain Hacks--to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn...

"If you complain of brain fog to a medical professional, you're likely to be told that it isn't a recognised condition. But if you mention brain fog to your friends, they'll know exactly what you mean: fuzzy thinking, trouble concentrating, a sense of grasping for the right word, feeling like your brain is somehow slowed down. In truth, brain fog is not a diagnosis in itself, but a sign that things aren't right in your body. In Beating Brain Fog,...

The author of the best-selling 30-Day Heart Tune-Up and Smart Fat explains how diet and lifestyle can render the brain insulin resistant to prevent and reverse cognitive declines and memory loss, in a guide that identifies brain-bolstering foods and supplements while providing 50 easy-to-prepare recipes.