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When More Is Not Enough
W. W. Norton
May 2006
On Sale: April 24, 2006
352 pages
ISBN: 039332849X
EAN: 9780393328493
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Despite an astonishing appetite for life, more and more
Americans are feeling overworked and dissatisfied. In the
world's most affluent nation, epidemic rates of stress,
anxiety, depression, obesity, and time urgency are now
grudgingly accepted as part of everyday existence—they
signal the American Dream gone awry. Peter C. Whybrow, director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute
at UCLA, grounds the extraordinary achievements and
excessive consumption of the American nation in an
understanding of the biology of the brain's reward
system—offering for the first time a comprehensive and
physical explanation for the addictive mania of consumerism.
American Mania presents a clear and novel vantage point from
which to understand the most pressing social issues of our
time, while offering an informed approach to refocusing our
pursuit of happiness.
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